Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 3.39% or 12.20 points to trade at 371.65 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 2.69% or 29.90 points to end at 1,139.65 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.05% or 26.00 points to 1,291.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 1.29% or 3.15 points to trade at 241.75 in late trade. Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) declined 0.98% or 23.05 points to end at 2,339.95 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 0.96% or 9.30 points to 959.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 2.58% to 1,139.00, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.05% to settle at 1,291.90 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.64% to close at 185.70.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.25% to 241.70 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.04% to settle at 2,339.40 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 0.82% to 2,853.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1160 to 808 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2063 rose and 1528 declined, while 129 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.12% to 11.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.14% or 2.85 to $1,980.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.34% or 1.64 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.02% or 1.51 to trade at $73.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 82.43, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 88.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 102.94.