Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which rose 7.02% or 214.85 points to trade at 3277.00 at the close. Meanwhile, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 6.56% or 25.10 points to end at 408.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 6.19% or 271.80 points to 4661.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which fell 1.12% or 1.05 points to trade at 92.35 at the close. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 0.86% or 8.10 points to end at 929.95 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was down 0.82% or 2.75 points to 331.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 6.33% to 407.35, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 5.74% to settle at 427.30 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which gained 5.38% to close at 1306.90.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.13% to 92.25 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.12% to settle at 330.50 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.83% to 929.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 885 to 618 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1234 rose and 1044 declined, while 172 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.75% to 38.0425 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.55 to $1735.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 15.88% or 2.69 to hit $14.25 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.91% or 0.97 to trade at $23.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 76.166, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 82.6825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 99.880.