Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.47% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC), which rose 4.43% or 19.35 points to trade at 456.05 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.87% or 7.40 points to end at 198.45 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) was up 3.68% or 95.00 points to 2675.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which lost 1.56% or 9.75 points to trade at 613.95 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.32% or 12.70 points to end at 951.55 and Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) shed 0.72% or 2.70 points to 371.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 4.35% to 455.75, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 3.54% to settle at 2676.15 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which gained 2.40% to close at 1284.25.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.24% to 951.95 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which lost 0.90% to settle at 3505.10 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.53% to 1343.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 902 to 670 and 16 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1449 rose and 1276 declined, while 176 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.45% to 10.6750.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.26% or 3.21 to $1230.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.74% or 1.31 to hit $49.15 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.68% or 1.36 to trade at $52.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 64.100, while EUR/INR rose 0.11% to 70.3026.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 98.80.