Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Capital Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.61% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 3.12% or 8.70 points to trade at 287.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) added 2.57% or 23.15 points to end at 923.30 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.38% or 24.05 points to 1036.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 4.44% or 24.00 points to trade at 516.35 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 0.71% or 1.40 points to end at 197.40 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was down 0.43% or 3.90 points to 900.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which rose 3.26% to 287.85, Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was up 2.47% to settle at 921.40 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 2.33% to close at 1035.65.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 4.43% to 516.10 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 0.28% to settle at 197.15 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 0.18% to 768.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 985 to 648 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1752 rose and 1153 declined, while 125 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.75% to 13.7350.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1320.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.30 to hit $61.74 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.16 to trade at $67.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.20% to 63.401, while EUR/INR fell 0.11% to 76.1127.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 91.92.