Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.55% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 3.60% or 334.25 points to trade at 9630.70 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 3.52% or 934.25 points to end at 27453.65 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) was up 3.31% or 63.20 points to 1967.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which lost 5.89% or 147.75 points to trade at 2357.10 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 4.21% or 39.95 points to end at 912.20 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 3.31% or 16.35 points to 474.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 3.85% to 9634.50, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.66% to settle at 1953.25 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 2.48% to close at 3195.10.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 5.92% to 2355.75 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 4.07% to settle at 474.35 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 3.72% to 915.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1156 to 468 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1860 fell and 938 advanced, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.17% to 17.8875.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.39% or 5.30 to $1346.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $66.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.32 to trade at $69.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 63.575, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 78.9257.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 88.98.