Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.67%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 5.50% or 103.40 points to trade at 1,982.90 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 2.83% or 12.10 points to end at 440.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 2.56% or 3.95 points to 158.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which lost 2.09% or 92.10 points to trade at 4,319.85 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 1.26% or 1.35 points to end at 105.65 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 1.18% or 8.05 points to 674.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.49% to 176.85, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.25% to settle at 227.05 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 1.93% to close at 1,381.40.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.22% to 105.65 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 0.50% to settle at 2,140.60 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 0.46% to 1,121.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1160 to 757 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1994 rose and 1450 declined, while 199 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.72% to 12.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 2.20 to $1,856.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.51% or 1.20 to hit $78.48 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.53% or 1.31 to trade at $84.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 81.93, while EUR/INR rose 0.27% to 87.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 104.61.