Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.71%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH), which rose 4.41% or 843.05 points to trade at 19971.00 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 4.37% or 17.60 points to end at 420.70 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) was up 3.96% or 36.00 points to 946.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which lost 0.93% or 7.90 points to trade at 845.50 in late trade. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) declined 0.92% or 26.25 points to end at 2840.05 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) shed 0.66% or 0.75 points to 113.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which rose 3.78% to 2527.95, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 3.41% to settle at 477.25 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 3.28% to close at 225.30.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 0.91% to 2842.00 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 0.80% to settle at 846.10 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 0.12% to 329.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 993 to 441 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1082 rose and 519 declined, while 53 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.98% to 16.6125.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.36% or 17.55 to $1276.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.08% or 0.93 to hit $45.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.52% or 0.69 to trade at $46.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 66.520, while EUR/INR fell 0.36% to 75.6960.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 94.02.