Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.31% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 4.79% or 31.35 points to trade at 686.45 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 2.16% or 25.40 points to end at 1200.15 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 1.75% or 29.75 points to 1730.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which fell 1.33% or 1.50 points to trade at 111.60 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 1.18% or 1.45 points to end at 121.65 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was down 1.18% or 11.80 points to 991.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 2.17% to 1199.70, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.75% to settle at 1730.00 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.52% to close at 2424.55.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.13% to 992.10 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 0.86% to settle at 1776.70 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.71% to 174.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 883 to 825 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1590 rose and 1556 declined, while 164 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) rose to all time highs; up 4.79% or 31.35 to 686.45. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) rose to all time highs; rising 2.16% or 25.40 to 1200.15. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) rose to all time highs; up 2.17% or 25.45 to 1199.70. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to all time highs; rising 1.52% or 36.30 to 2424.55.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.87% to 15.1050 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.46% or 8.45 to $1825.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.69% or 0.48 to hit $68.81 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.49 to trade at $72.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 73.091, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 86.6895.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 92.287.