Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 3.25% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 3.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 10.56% or 151.75 points to trade at 1,589.15 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 9.48% or 78.70 points to end at 909.05 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 9.47% or 34.00 points to 393.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which fell 1.34% or 63.45 points to trade at 4,670.00 at the close. LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM) declined 1.13% or 53.10 points to end at 4,648.80 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was down 0.57% or 7.60 points to 1,316.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 9.60% to 909.80, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 9.50% to settle at 393.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 9.07% to close at 338.00.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.35% to 1,455.00 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 0.22% to settle at 1,319.90 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 0.13% to 2,874.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1445 to 799 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2218 rose and 1601 declined, while 142 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.56% or 151.75 to 1,589.15. Shares in State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.48% or 78.70 to 909.05. Shares in NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) rose to all time highs; up 9.47% or 34.00 to 393.00. Shares in State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) rose to all time highs; up 9.60% or 79.70 to 909.80. Shares in NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.50% or 34.10 to 393.00. Shares in Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.07% or 28.10 to 338.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 14.90% to 20.94.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 2.85 to $2,348.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.35% or 0.27 to hit $76.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.22 to trade at $80.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.39% to 83.13, while EUR/INR fell 0.51% to 90.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 104.69.