Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, IT and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 4.09% or 45.75 points to trade at 1163.10 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) added 2.30% or 449.80 points to end at 20021.05 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 2.19% or 77.90 points to 3637.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which lost 2.96% or 44.00 points to trade at 1440.65 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 2.75% or 18.90 points to end at 668.30 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) shed 2.63% or 20.70 points to 764.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 4.10% to 1162.90, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.20% to settle at 3635.85 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 2.06% to close at 15280.00.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.50% to 766.15 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 2.23% to settle at 3667.25 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 1.88% to 7350.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1441 to 288 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2398 fell and 698 advanced, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.35% to 13.6850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 6.85 to $1790.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.96% or 1.84 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.04% or 1.97 to trade at $66.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.21% to 74.189, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 86.9315.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.320.