Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.82%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 2.61% or 5.80 points to trade at 229.10 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 3.19% or 61.35 points to end at 1985.15 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.73% or 20.05 points to 754.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 8.13% or 28.80 points to trade at 324.55 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) declined 3.06% or 9.60 points to end at 303.95 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 2.38% or 8.20 points to 336.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 3.24% to 229.15, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 3.07% to settle at 1985.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 2.94% to close at 754.90.
The worst performers were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 0.37% to 214.45 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.23% to settle at 1395.05 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 0.20% to 148.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 984 to 601 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1486 rose and 1040 declined, while 140 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.60% to 15.3575 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.08% or 1.05 to $1331.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.26% or 0.15 to hit $57.41 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.14 to trade at $67.39 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 70.999, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 80.6650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.220.