Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, IT and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 2.81% or 194.20 points to trade at 7093.75 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 2.34% or 35.05 points to end at 1535.20 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) was up 1.89% or 519.30 points to 28022.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 1.43% or 10.45 points to trade at 718.05 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.29% or 5.90 points to end at 451.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 1.24% or 6.65 points to 529.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 2.84% to 7093.50, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 1.20% to settle at 646.30 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 0.92% to close at 427.50.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.18% to 529.65 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.00% to settle at 1226.85 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.97% to 1487.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1047 to 694 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1975 rose and 1195 declined, while 151 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.39% to 12.9925.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.51% or 9.25 to $1801.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.54% or 1.15 to hit $73.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.11 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 74.655, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 88.4735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 92.328.