Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.13% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 3.29% or 309.35 points to trade at 9,722.90 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) added 3.04% or 17.80 points to end at 603.00 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) was up 1.41% or 39.85 points to 2,862.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which lost 5.00% or 288.15 points to trade at 5,475.75 in late trade. Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 1.43% or 16.20 points to end at 1,115.00 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 1.24% or 15.10 points to 1,204.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 3.04% to 9,685.00, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.30% to settle at 25,110.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 1.05% to close at 230.95.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 5.04% to 5,472.90 in late trade, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.26% to settle at 1,116.85 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.99% to 1,652.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1292 to 845 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2291 rose and 1440 declined, while 172 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.31% to 12.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 6.60 to $2,007.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.60% or 0.43 to hit $70.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.33 to trade at $75.51 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 83.37, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 89.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 103.66.