Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Real Estate and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.66% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 4.42% or 130.70 points to trade at 3116.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 4.18% or 38.90 points to end at 971.50 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was up 4.62% or 60.20 points to 1355.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which fell 3.32% or 13.80 points to trade at 401.80 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.42% or 11.35 points to end at 457.40 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 2.05% or 6.75 points to 321.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 5.36% to 3113.15, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 4.50% to settle at 971.20 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 3.52% to close at 611.05.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 2.52% to 457.10 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.33% to settle at 320.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.56% to 490.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 879 to 723 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1534 rose and 1312 declined, while 144 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.42% or 130.70 to 3116.40. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.18% or 38.90 to 971.50. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.36% or 158.40 to 3113.15. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.50% or 41.85 to 971.20. Shares in AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.52% or 20.80 to 611.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 10.08% to 15.3925 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1334.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $68.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 63.785, while EUR/INR rose 0.25% to 78.2073.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 90.21.