Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 6.35% or 18.20 points to trade at 303.35 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 5.28% or 12.40 points to end at 246.50 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 3.51% or 59.15 points to 1741.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which lost 3.51% or 10.00 points to trade at 274.00 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 3.43% or 15.10 points to end at 425.15 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) shed 1.47% or 5.00 points to 333.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 5.67% to 302.95, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 5.01% to settle at 246.35 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 2.91% to close at 1893.15.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 3.96% to 273.90 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.13% to settle at 1154.30 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 0.48% to 185.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 893 to 730 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1528 fell and 1163 advanced, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.25% to 15.1950.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.16% or 2.10 to $1347.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.12 to trade at $69.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.28% to 64.845, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 80.4545.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 88.84.