Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.51% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 4.54% or 6.00 points to trade at 138.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) added 4.38% or 8.95 points to end at 213.25 and Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) was up 4.13% or 12.05 points to 303.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 2.95% or 7.45 points to trade at 244.90 at the close. Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) declined 1.92% or 435.30 points to end at 22249.00 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) was down 1.41% or 49.10 points to 3435.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 4.66% to 138.05, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 3.43% to settle at 232.05 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.97% to close at 247.55.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.97% to 244.85 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 1.21% to settle at 3435.05 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.71% to 891.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 968 to 477 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1079 rose and 543 declined, while 49 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.02% to 15.5775.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.04% or 13.95 to $1352.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.18 to trade at $50.53 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 67.272, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 74.8920.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.72.