Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.08% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 4.94% or 53.05 points to trade at 1,126.35 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 4.90% or 23.40 points to end at 500.50 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 4.20% or 268.10 points to 6,657.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which lost 1.92% or 4.55 points to trade at 232.85 in late trade. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) declined 1.71% or 32.80 points to end at 1,887.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 0.89% or 8.60 points to 961.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 4.92% to 1,126.85, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 4.21% to settle at 6,657.15 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 3.32% to close at 1,404.75.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.89% to 961.80 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 0.59% to settle at 4,908.00 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 0.57% to 2,364.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1146 to 789 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1972 rose and 1553 declined, while 158 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.77% to 12.64 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 5.90 to $2,030.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.38% or 1.70 to hit $73.04 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.14% or 1.61 to trade at $76.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 81.79, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 90.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 100.87.