Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Banking and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty added 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which rose 4.14% or 7.35 points to trade at 184.85 at the close. State Bank Of India (NSE:SBI) added 4.07% or 11.00 points to end at 281.05 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NSE:ICBK) was up 3.47% or 10.50 points to 312.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NSE:HCLT), which lost 5.95% or 59.40 points to trade at 938.85 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN) declined 2.53% or 3.30 points to end at 126.95 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) shed 1.94% or 17.95 points to 908.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 3.94% to 281.05, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 3.40% to settle at 312.80 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 2.29% to close at 4429.60.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.50% to 126.90 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 2.04% to settle at 1333.80 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 1.96% to 430.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 910 to 536 and 12 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 458 rose and 303 declined, while 2 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 5.63% to 15.3900.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.26% or 2.90 to $1092.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.58% or 0.74 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.15% or 1.12 to trade at $51.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 64.040, while EUR/INR fell 0.22% to 70.1470.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 97.59.