Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.75% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 2.99% or 17.50 points to trade at 601.90 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 2.68% or 10.85 points to end at 415.90 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 2.52% or 128.25 points to 5,220.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which lost 1.68% or 2.85 points to trade at 166.40 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 1.35% or 42.30 points to end at 3,094.00 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) shed 1.16% or 35.55 points to 3,020.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 2.81% to 600.90, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 2.77% to settle at 5,231.10 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 2.54% to close at 415.25.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.89% to 878.65 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which lost 0.70% to settle at 3,034.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.66% to 1,536.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1196 to 805 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1971 rose and 1576 declined, while 181 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.92% to 11.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.17% or 3.35 to $1,961.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.49% or 1.12 to hit $74.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 1.18 to trade at $78.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 82.06, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 92.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 99.53.