Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.76%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 4.36% or 72.40 points to trade at 1,733.85 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.98% or 27.30 points to end at 712.40 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 3.22% or 12.95 points to 414.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which lost 1.17% or 80.50 points to trade at 6,780.20 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 0.74% or 40.05 points to end at 5,344.85 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) shed 0.67% or 18.55 points to 2,730.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 4.08% to 1,731.10, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 3.29% to settle at 415.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 2.73% to close at 1,685.00.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 0.44% to 1,809.40 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 0.36% to settle at 1,383.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.34% to 12,260.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1261 to 1241 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2056 rose and 1824 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 1.33% to 13.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 12.20 to $2,558.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.07% or 1.55 to hit $76.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 1.46 to trade at $79.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 83.89, while EUR/INR rose 0.50% to 93.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.68.