Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Auto and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.74% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 5.02% or 10.40 points to trade at 217.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) added 4.91% or 7.60 points to end at 162.35 and Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) was up 3.92% or 18.30 points to 484.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which fell 0.70% or 5.05 points to trade at 716.80 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) declined 0.38% or 2.05 points to end at 544.40 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was down 0.20% or 2.25 points to 1124.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 4.15% to 484.50, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 3.88% to settle at 148.60 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 3.44% to close at 249.85.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.38% to 544.35 in late trade, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which gained 0.31% to settle at 521.35 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 0.65% to 225.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 987 to 493 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1041 rose and 564 declined, while 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.88% or 5.55 to 148.60.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.56% to 14.8475 a new 6-months low.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.21% or 2.85 to $1361.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.41% or 0.64 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.37% or 0.64 to trade at $46.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 67.170, while EUR/INR rose 0.00% to 74.1910.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 96.66.