Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.14% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 5.40% or 23.65 points to trade at 461.30 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 4.35% or 6.55 points to end at 157.15 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 2.47% or 41.20 points to 1,710.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 1.74% or 103.40 points to trade at 5,828.80 in late trade. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) declined 1.35% or 9.85 points to end at 720.65 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 1.29% or 33.10 points to 2,532.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 1.79% to 373.25, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 1.71% to settle at 229.00 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.51% to close at 2,309.15.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.76% to 5,830.75 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 1.37% to settle at 1,066.95 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.17% to 2,776.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1011 to 939 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1928 rose and 1565 declined, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.03% to 12.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.46% or 9.35 to $2,017.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.15% or 0.12 to hit $80.82 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.07 to trade at $85.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 81.97, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 89.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 101.72.