Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.39% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 2.19% or 9.15 points to trade at 429.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 2.54% or 7.80 points to end at 314.85 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 2.48% or 24.85 points to 1025.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which fell 2.18% or 18.60 points to trade at 836.35 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 2.06% or 25.95 points to end at 1234.20 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was down 1.56% or 4.20 points to 265.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which rose 2.67% to 1027.55, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 1.69% to settle at 186.65 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.59% to close at 492.80.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.71% to 1235.90 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 1.56% to settle at 265.15 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.03% to 718.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1055 to 529 and 18 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1680 rose and 1003 declined, while 144 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.56% to 12.1125.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.08 to $1272.88 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $53.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $60.21 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 64.832, while EUR/INR fell 0.11% to 75.4259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.55.