Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 3.51% or 15.60 points to trade at 460.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 2.37% or 7.25 points to end at 313.35 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) was up 2.16% or 410.60 points to 19376.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ), which fell 3.57% or 9.80 points to trade at 264.70 at the close. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 2.07% or 48.15 points to end at 2274.45 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was down 2.01% or 6.55 points to 318.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 3.09% to 458.30, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 1.98% to settle at 278.25 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.52% to close at 180.15.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 2.05% to 2277.30 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 2.03% to settle at 318.50 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.29% to 333.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1010 to 585 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1603 rose and 1019 declined, while 163 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.04% to 13.4325.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.38% or 4.88 to $1291.62 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.39% or 0.22 to hit $56.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.37 to trade at $62.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 65.093, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 76.7534.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.58.