Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Oil & Gas and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which rose 2.98% or 792.10 points to trade at 27,372.40 at the close. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) added 2.40% or 68.25 points to end at 2,917.20 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 2.29% or 23.50 points to 1,047.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which lost 2.54% or 105.15 points to trade at 4,038.35 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 1.86% or 19.15 points to end at 1,013.05 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) shed 1.51% or 26.10 points to 1,703.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which rose 2.94% to 27,376.65, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 1.66% to settle at 1,293.75 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 1.29% to close at 1,485.00.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.98% to 1,012.40 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.43% to settle at 1,701.50 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.03% to 1,692.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1378 to 740 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2440 rose and 1324 declined, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.22% to 14.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 11.70 to $2,071.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.61% or 0.44 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $77.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 83.24, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 92.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 101.06.