Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.95% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 4.58% or 7.00 points to trade at 159.95 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 3.13% or 65.50 points to end at 2160.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 3.06% or 19.70 points to 662.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 4.48% or 37.90 points to trade at 807.95 in late trade. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 0.85% or 6.60 points to end at 769.55 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 0.80% or 11.30 points to 1393.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 3.13% to 2160.45, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 2.95% to settle at 662.20 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.16% to close at 534.95.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 4.53% to 807.90 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 0.79% to settle at 1465.55 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.79% to 1393.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 930 to 799 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1639 rose and 1449 declined, while 175 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.97% to 16.8850 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.07% or 1.35 to $1906.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.03% or 0.68 to hit $67.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.71 to trade at $69.43 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 72.532, while EUR/INR rose 0.22% to 88.4100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.055.