Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.71% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which rose 6.68% or 82.90 points to trade at 1323.70 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 4.76% or 12.30 points to end at 270.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 3.65% or 5.95 points to 168.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which lost 2.95% or 42.15 points to trade at 1384.25 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.36% or 9.15 points to end at 379.05 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) shed 1.97% or 18.55 points to 921.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 6.74% to 1323.95, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was up 5.74% to settle at 143.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 4.74% to close at 269.55.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 3.22% to 1385.20 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 0.79% to settle at 9075.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.50% to 338.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 883 to 734 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1417 rose and 1249 declined, while 174 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.97% to 13.0325.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.80% or 9.50 to $1193.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.99 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $71.93 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 69.790, while EUR/INR fell 0.73% to 79.6035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.23.