Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.49%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 3.45% or 11.55 points to trade at 346.50 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 2.31% or 189.85 points to end at 8,400.00 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 2.08% or 3.85 points to 188.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which lost 4.59% or 25.65 points to trade at 533.00 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 1.82% or 11.65 points to end at 629.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) shed 1.53% or 161.70 points to 10,399.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 2.44% to 8,406.65, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.04% to settle at 2,311.35 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.30% to close at 924.50.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.52% to 10,392.55 in late trade, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.31% to settle at 988.65 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.82% to 1,497.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1063 to 1005 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1845 rose and 1759 declined, while 194 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.36% to 11.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 7.15 to $2,005.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.24% or 1.06 to hit $84.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 1.01 to trade at $88.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 83.25, while EUR/INR rose 0.20% to 88.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 106.33.