Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Real Estate and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.66% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 4.42% or 130.70 points to trade at 3116.40 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 4.18% or 38.90 points to end at 971.50 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was up 4.62% or 60.20 points to 1355.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 3.32% or 13.80 points to trade at 401.80 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.42% or 11.35 points to end at 457.40 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 2.05% or 6.75 points to 321.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 5.36% to 3113.15, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 4.50% to settle at 971.20 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 3.52% to close at 611.05.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 2.52% to 457.10 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.33% to settle at 320.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.56% to 490.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 879 to 723 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1534 rose and 1312 declined, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 10.08% to 15.3925 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1333.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $68.53 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 63.772, while EUR/INR rose 0.25% to 78.2073.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 90.20.