Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.25%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 4.76% or 131.40 points to trade at 2,892.85 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 4.53% or 261.10 points to end at 6,021.80 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 2.37% or 159.40 points to 6,875.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 3.38% or 7.40 points to trade at 211.85 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 2.45% or 27.35 points to end at 1,089.05 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) shed 2.43% or 95.60 points to 3,841.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 4.61% to 6,021.60, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 2.51% to settle at 6,885.20 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 2.22% to close at 1,344.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 3.38% to 211.75 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 2.56% to settle at 1,088.05 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 2.11% to 2,114.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1149 to 788 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1969 fell and 1501 advanced, while 159 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.25% to 17.71 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.11% or 2.20 to $1,927.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $79.62 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $86.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 81.51, while EUR/INR rose 0.37% to 88.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 101.51.