Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.20% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 3.74% or 67.75 points to trade at 1874.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 2.95% or 23.55 points to end at 824.30 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 2.65% or 9.85 points to 381.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which fell 2.51% or 34.05 points to trade at 1321.10 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 2.71% or 7.10 points to end at 255.60 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was down 1.80% or 13.75 points to 753.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 3.63% to 1879.90, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.74% to settle at 822.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.74% to close at 514.20.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.42% to 1933.05 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 1.15% to settle at 188.75 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 0.98% to 289.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 832 to 770 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1370 rose and 1265 declined, while 135 ended unchanged.
Shares in IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.74% or 67.75 to 1874.40. Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.95% or 23.55 to 824.30. Shares in IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) rose to all time highs; rising 3.63% or 65.90 to 1879.90. Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) rose to all time highs; rising 2.74% or 21.95 to 822.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.60% to 13.1450.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.60% or 8.00 to $1330.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.42% or 0.29 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.12 to trade at $73.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.40% to 66.475, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 81.2332.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 90.49.