Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which rose 4.07% or 92.85 points to trade at 2,375.20 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 3.07% or 24.80 points to end at 832.00 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was up 2.96% or 106.10 points to 3,690.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which lost 4.72% or 27.35 points to trade at 551.50 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.85% or 5.05 points to end at 126.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) shed 2.41% or 80.05 points to 3,235.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 4.03% to 2,374.80, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 2.95% to settle at 831.35 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 2.62% to close at 291.80.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.46% to 3,234.65 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.15% to settle at 854.55 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.56% to 1,091.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1111 to 717 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1926 rose and 1339 declined, while 179 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.31% to 20.97.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.26% or 4.75 to $1,806.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.14% or 0.15 to hit $108.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.05 to trade at $111.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 78.93, while EUR/INR rose 0.25% to 82.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 104.67.