Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, IT and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 2.81% or 194.20 points to trade at 7093.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 2.34% or 35.05 points to end at 1535.20 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) was up 1.89% or 519.30 points to 28022.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which fell 1.43% or 10.45 points to trade at 718.05 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.29% or 5.90 points to end at 451.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 1.24% or 6.65 points to 529.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 2.84% to 7093.50, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 1.20% to settle at 646.30 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 0.92% to close at 427.50.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.18% to 529.65 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.00% to settle at 1226.85 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.97% to 1487.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1047 to 694 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1975 rose and 1195 declined, while 151 ended unchanged.
Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.81% or 194.20 to 7093.75. Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.34% or 35.05 to 1535.20. Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) rose to all time highs; up 2.84% or 196.00 to 7093.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.39% to 12.9925.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.51% or 9.20 to $1801.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.54% or 1.15 to hit $73.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.11 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 74.655, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 88.4735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 92.328.