Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.45%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 3.77% or 68.70 points to trade at 1,890.70 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) added 3.28% or 45.75 points to end at 1,442.55 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 3.15% or 14.80 points to 485.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which fell 2.59% or 3.20 points to trade at 120.50 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 2.22% or 3.90 points to end at 171.80 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 1.68% or 35.10 points to 2,059.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 3.76% to 1,890.80, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 3.25% to settle at 1,442.40 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 3.14% to close at 485.15.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.66% to 2,060.10 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.09% to settle at 892.30 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 0.52% to 3,954.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1012 to 819 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1703 fell and 1668 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.31% to 25.68.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.04% or 20.65 to $1,964.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 4.90% or 5.36 to hit $103.97 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 3.84% or 4.33 to trade at $108.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.34% to 76.50, while EUR/INR rose 0.58% to 83.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 98.90.