Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.46%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which rose 3.44% or 17.20 points to trade at 519.30 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 3.78% or 16.40 points to end at 450.35 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) was up 3.40% or 12.05 points to 366.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 2.14% or 12.50 points to trade at 571.80 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 1.80% or 14.55 points to end at 793.85 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 1.61% or 5.85 points to 358.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 3.44% to 517.90, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.15% to settle at 786.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 2.05% to close at 265.95.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 2.11% to 202.05 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.62% to settle at 1110.95 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.53% to 358.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 953 to 648 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1600 rose and 1055 declined, while 150 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.81% to 14.8675.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.37% or 5.00 to $1331.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.21 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.36 to trade at $67.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 65.035, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 79.7663.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.94.