Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto, Metals and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.52%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 3.80% or 34.40 points to trade at 939.25 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.73% or 6.30 points to end at 175.05 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 3.30% or 37.85 points to 1183.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which lost 2.46% or 11.65 points to trade at 461.75 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 1.50% or 33.35 points to end at 2188.50 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) shed 1.44% or 17.85 points to 1218.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.58% to 937.95, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 3.29% to settle at 1181.45 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which gained 3.22% to close at 1536.60.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.73% to 1218.55 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.68% to settle at 2186.45 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 1.09% to 427.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 855 to 612 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1501 rose and 1079 declined, while 137 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.60% to 17.2875.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.97% or 11.45 to $1166.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.99% or 0.51 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.64 to trade at $55.10 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.33% to 68.248, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 72.6389.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 100.98.