Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM), which rose 1.68% or 85.95 points to trade at 5,193.30 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 1.58% or 21.70 points to end at 1,393.55 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 1.40% or 51.40 points to 3,730.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 3.29% or 83.50 points to trade at 2,456.00 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 2.94% or 13.60 points to end at 448.85 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 2.58% or 21.20 points to 799.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which rose 1.72% to 5,194.25, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.58% to settle at 1,393.65 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 1.26% to close at 2,533.60.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.37% to 560.60 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.79% to settle at 118.15 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.39% to 1,482.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1277 to 742 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2093 fell and 1513 advanced, while 158 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.10% to 11.99 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.45 to $1,946.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.49% or 0.41 to hit $82.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.37 to trade at $86.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 83.10, while EUR/INR rose 0.20% to 90.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 102.68.