Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 3.51% or 15.60 points to trade at 460.35 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 2.37% or 7.25 points to end at 313.35 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) was up 2.16% or 410.60 points to 19376.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ), which lost 3.57% or 9.80 points to trade at 264.70 in late trade. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 2.07% or 48.15 points to end at 2274.45 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) shed 2.01% or 6.55 points to 318.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 3.09% to 458.30, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 1.98% to settle at 278.25 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.52% to close at 180.15.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 2.05% to 2277.30 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 2.03% to settle at 318.50 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.29% to 333.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1010 to 585 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1603 rose and 1019 declined, while 163 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.04% to 13.4325.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.38% or 4.92 to $1291.58 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.39% or 0.22 to hit $56.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.37 to trade at $62.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 65.093, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 76.7534.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 93.59.