Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Green Energy and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.55%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 2.74% or 18.40 points to trade at 690.85 at the close. Meanwhile, UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) added 2.47% or 17.95 points to end at 745.55 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 2.01% or 5.70 points to 289.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 1.50% or 5.60 points to trade at 368.05 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 1.50% or 2.70 points to end at 178.35 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was down 0.70% or 8.00 points to 1125.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.35% to 2662.00, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.16% to settle at 1419.00 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which gained 2.15% to close at 837.70.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.36% to 177.50 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 0.78% to settle at 178.90 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.55% to 915.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 813 to 776 and 27 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1408 rose and 1252 declined, while 147 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.47% to 14.1475.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 4.50 to $1252.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $63.48 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.19% to 64.365, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 75.9022.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.75.