Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Auto and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 5.65% or 8.00 points to trade at 149.70 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) added 3.04% or 23.75 points to end at 804.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 3.14% or 56.55 points to 1,856.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which lost 1.92% or 9.10 points to trade at 466.05 in late trade. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) declined 2.08% or 25.20 points to end at 1,186.95 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) shed 1.47% or 53.50 points to 3,579.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 5.16% to 148.85, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 3.05% to settle at 1,856.75 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.47% to close at 1,570.35.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.51% to 3,578.15 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 0.87% to settle at 2,585.00 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.21% to 2,299.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1121 to 1075 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1932 rose and 1865 declined, while 109 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.50% to 13.90.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.09% or 1.95 to $2,159.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.86% or 0.69 to hit $81.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.61 to trade at $85.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 82.92, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 90.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.04.