Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.59% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 4.65% or 34.35 points to trade at 773.55 at the close. Meanwhile, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 3.67% or 54.75 points to end at 1539.65 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 3.07% or 6.30 points to 211.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which fell 5.81% or 2.60 points to trade at 42.10 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 1.18% or 7.10 points to end at 591.95 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) was down 1.18% or 2.95 points to 246.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 4.76% to 773.40, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 3.34% to settle at 1540.45 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.55% to close at 468.85.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.03% to 2191.00 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 0.50% to settle at 330.60 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 0.38% to 3091.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1026 to 534 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1485 rose and 936 declined, while 163 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.55% or 11.65 to 468.85.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.40% to 14.2750.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.54% or 8.45 to $1551.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $59.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $64.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.15% to 70.840, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 78.7565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.213.