Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Power and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.35% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 4.25% or 25.30 points to trade at 620.45 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 4.21% or 31.65 points to end at 784.05 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 4.08% or 56.45 points to 1440.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 1.81% or 26.20 points to trade at 1419.20 in late trade. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 1.11% or 221.35 points to end at 19736.00 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 0.86% or 22.15 points to 2553.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 4.44% to 620.35, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 4.15% to settle at 783.75 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 4.00% to close at 1439.50.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.88% to 1419.35 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 0.95% to settle at 19763.60 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.62% to 1697.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1225 to 483 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2107 rose and 1054 declined, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.65% to 13.3175.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.70 to $1818.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.51% or 0.35 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.27% to 73.272, while EUR/INR fell 0.21% to 86.4325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.707.