Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Auto and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.97%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 6.61% or 36.90 points to trade at 592.55 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 5.97% or 32.55 points to end at 576.25 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 5.86% or 43.15 points to 777.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which lost 5.73% or 15.95 points to trade at 261.85 in late trade. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) declined 3.48% or 6.15 points to end at 170.45 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) shed 2.19% or 11.20 points to 499.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 4.65% to 1097.40, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was up 4.55% to settle at 370.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 3.47% to close at 338.80.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 5.93% to 261.90 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.20% to settle at 498.20 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 2.01% to 277.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1369 to 232 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2070 rose and 520 declined, while 136 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.60% to 15.3475.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.63% or 8.40 to $1335.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.45% or 0.29 to hit $65.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.47 to trade at $69.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 65.025, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 80.1798.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.57.