Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.93% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 6.35% or 29.55 points to trade at 495.00 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 4.52% or 10.10 points to end at 233.50 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 3.07% or 47.35 points to 1,588.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which lost 3.55% or 22.65 points to trade at 614.95 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 2.47% or 188.85 points to end at 7,472.20 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) shed 1.20% or 19.85 points to 1,632.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 6.25% to 494.55, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 2.90% to settle at 1,587.70 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 2.47% to close at 1,652.00.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 2.34% to 7,476.50 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 1.17% to settle at 1,632.35 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 0.66% to 3,542.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1108 to 1068 and 27 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1979 rose and 1832 declined, while 110 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.23% to 13.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.24% or 4.95 to $2,056.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.70% or 0.51 to hit $72.28 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.51 to trade at $77.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 82.89, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 90.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 102.38.