Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.08% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 1.47% or 32.60 points to trade at 2245.75 at the close. Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 1.46% or 63.50 points to end at 4398.00 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 1.45% or 5.10 points to 355.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 9.26% or 77.75 points to trade at 762.00 in late trade. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 2.12% or 3.45 points to end at 159.20 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 1.51% or 27.05 points to 1767.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 1.46% to 2245.30, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 1.23% to settle at 6194.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 1.05% to close at 124.85.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.51% to 1768.25 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 0.76% to settle at 2539.20 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.59% to 677.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 952 to 783 and 35 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1596 fell and 1583 advanced, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.34% to 14.7150.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.23% or 23.20 to $1856.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.68% or 0.48 to hit $71.39 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.55 to trade at $73.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 73.226, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 88.7540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.430.