Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.45%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 3.77% or 68.70 points to trade at 1,890.70 at the close. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) added 3.28% or 45.75 points to end at 1,442.55 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 3.15% or 14.80 points to 485.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which lost 2.59% or 3.20 points to trade at 120.50 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 2.22% or 3.90 points to end at 171.80 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 1.68% or 35.10 points to 2,059.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 3.76% to 1,890.80, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 3.25% to settle at 1,442.40 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 3.14% to close at 485.15.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.66% to 2,060.10 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.09% to settle at 892.30 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 0.52% to 3,954.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1012 to 819 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1703 fell and 1668 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.31% to 25.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.03% or 20.45 to $1,964.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 4.90% or 5.36 to hit $103.97 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 3.84% or 4.33 to trade at $108.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.34% to 76.50, while EUR/INR rose 0.58% to 83.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 98.90.