Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.16%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 6.71% or 20.20 points to trade at 321.20 at the close. Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW) added 3.85% or 2.70 points to end at 72.75 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 3.75% or 16.50 points to 456.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which lost 3.10% or 5.20 points to trade at 162.70 in late trade. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 2.64% or 6.90 points to end at 254.05 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 2.53% or 27.20 points to 1046.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 5.53% to 317.50, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was up 2.60% to settle at 272.20 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 2.08% to close at 233.50.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.82% to 253.60 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.73% to settle at 255.35 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.02% to 2277.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 959 to 517 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1638 rose and 908 declined, while 170 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.51% to 18.0550.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.90% or 10.60 to $1189.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.20% or 0.09 to hit $45.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.09 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.30% to 68.728, while EUR/INR rose 0.74% to 73.1050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 101.15.