Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Capital Goods and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.72%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 3.47% or 14.40 points to trade at 429.30 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) added 3.11% or 20.60 points to end at 682.00 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 1.79% or 2.90 points to 164.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which lost 1.71% or 68.90 points to trade at 3,962.00 in late trade. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 1.54% or 302.10 points to end at 19,259.70 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) shed 1.11% or 41.25 points to 3,663.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 1.81% to 885.00, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 1.78% to settle at 328.75 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.70% to close at 164.45.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.51% to 19,263.80 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 0.78% to settle at 6,526.10 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 0.54% to 405.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1185 to 693 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2115 rose and 1307 declined, while 173 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.58% to 19.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 2.05 to $1,724.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.58% or 2.24 to hit $89.11 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.80% or 2.60 to trade at $95.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 79.78, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 79.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 109.79.