Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.12% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.69% or 12.60 points to trade at 354.35 at the close. HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 2.81% or 16.65 points to end at 608.95 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 2.68% or 7.30 points to 279.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which lost 2.81% or 108.40 points to trade at 3,751.95 in late trade. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) declined 2.24% or 18.95 points to end at 826.00 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) shed 2.06% or 31.80 points to 1,515.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.72% to 354.55, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.51% to settle at 294.10 and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 1.42% to close at 6,329.75.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.75% to 1,926.80 in late trade, LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which lost 1.56% to settle at 5,210.55 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.45% to 152.90 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1545 to 651 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2465 fell and 1349 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.47% to 14.92.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.18% or 3.85 to $2,091.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $79.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $83.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 82.90, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 89.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 103.79.