India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.11%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power , Metals and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.11%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC ), which rose 2.42% or 9.70 points to trade at 411.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC ) added 1.77% or 11.90 points to end at 685.15 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL ) was up 1.72% or 16.45 points to 971.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN ), which fell 3.33% or 252.75 points to trade at 7,345.75 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL ) declined 2.25% or 65.85 points to end at 2,867.10 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS ) was down 1.95% or 36.85 points to 1,857.60.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC ) which rose 2.57% to 411.55, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL ) which was up 1.71% to settle at 970.80 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART ) which gained 1.28% to close at 3,660.00.

The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN ) which was down 3.38% to 7,340.00 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL ) which lost 2.21% to settle at 2,869.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS ) which was down 1.93% to 1,857.20 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1375 to 1209 and 19 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2067 rose and 1879 declined, while 83 ended unchanged.

Shares in JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL ) rose to all time highs; rising 1.72% or 16.45 to 971.00. Shares in JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL ) rose to all time highs; up 1.71% or 16.35 to 970.80.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.72% to 12.46 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 1.20 to $2,609.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.56% or 0.38 to hit $68.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.32 to trade at $71.93 a barrel.

USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.88, while EUR/INR rose 0.31% to 93.33.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 100.32.

Source: Investing.com