Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 2.20% or 16.70 points to trade at 774.95 at the close. Meanwhile, AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 1.98% or 14.65 points to end at 755.50 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 1.81% or 22.85 points to 1287.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which fell 2.11% or 16.50 points to trade at 764.85 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 1.95% or 2.85 points to end at 143.25 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 1.68% or 7.45 points to 434.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 2.18% to 774.90, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 1.87% to settle at 755.35 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.74% to close at 1286.90.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.61% to 598.00 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.17% to settle at 1412.05 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.76% to 116.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1171 to 564 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1969 fell and 1205 advanced, while 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.81% or 22.85 to 1287.45. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.74% or 22.00 to 1286.90.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.02% to 12.6050.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.20% or 21.10 to $1742.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.82% or 2.61 to hit $65.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.66% or 2.59 to trade at $68.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 74.292, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 87.3265.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.812.