© Reuters. India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.83%
Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the rose 0.83%, while the index added 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:), which rose 3.77% or 32.40 points to trade at 892.85 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:) added 3.12% or 39.05 points to end at 1,290.65 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.75% or 90.55 points to 3,382.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:), which lost 1.18% or 38.20 points to trade at 3,202.05 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:) declined 0.98% or 14.85 points to end at 1,507.35 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) shed 0.95% or 1.40 points to 145.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.97% to 1,288.60, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.58% to settle at 218.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.31% to close at 841.00.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.13% to 3,201.60 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:) which lost 0.97% to settle at 1,507.60 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which was down 0.63% to 987.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1121 to 788 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2026 rose and 1472 declined, while 157 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.68% to 13.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 5.90 to $1,806.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.42 to hit $74.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.45 to trade at $79.49 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 82.67, while EUR/INR rose 0.28% to 87.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 104.08.
