India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.76%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals , Real Estate and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.76%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.75%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT ), which rose 4.36% or 72.40 points to trade at 1,733.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC ) added 3.98% or 27.30 points to end at 712.40 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC ) was up 3.22% or 12.95 points to 414.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH ), which fell 1.17% or 80.50 points to trade at 6,780.20 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM ) declined 0.74% or 40.05 points to end at 5,344.85 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS ) was down 0.67% or 18.55 points to 2,730.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT ) which rose 4.08% to 1,731.10, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC ) which was up 3.29% to settle at 415.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS ) which gained 2.73% to close at 1,685.00.

The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM ) which was down 0.44% to 1,809.40 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK ) which lost 0.36% to settle at 1,383.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI ) which was down 0.34% to 12,260.05 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1261 to 1241 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2056 rose and 1824 declined, while 144 ended unchanged.

Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT ) rose to all time highs; rising 4.36% or 72.40 to 1,733.85. Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC ) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.98% or 27.30 to 712.40. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT ) rose to all time highs; rising 4.08% or 67.90 to 1,731.10.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.33% to 13.73.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.49% or 12.60 to $2,558.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.08% or 1.56 to hit $76.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.47 to trade at $79.62 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.10% to 83.89, while EUR/INR rose 0.50% to 93.74.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.67.

Source: Investing.com