Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.32%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 5.03% or 6.10 points to trade at 127.85 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 5.50% or 7.10 points to end at 135.25 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 2.62% or 10.05 points to 393.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which lost 3.50% or 28.50 points to trade at 786.10 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 2.65% or 105.20 points to end at 3883.30 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 1.00% or 2.00 points to 198.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 5.32% to 127.80, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was up 4.74% to settle at 56.40 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 4.73% to close at 135.20.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 3.68% to 785.65 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 2.37% to settle at 3881.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.09% to 198.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 808 to 760 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1247 fell and 1157 advanced, while 202 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.69% to 17.4300.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.74% or 10.95 to $1499.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.29% or 1.25 to hit $53.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.28% or 1.38 to trade at $59.13 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.33% to 71.147, while EUR/INR rose 0.33% to 78.5150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 98.132.