India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.66%

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

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.66%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR ), which rose 4.02% or 21.25 points to trade at 549.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML ) added 2.76% or 45.45 points to end at 1,692.50 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL ) was up 2.31% or 16.75 points to 740.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC ), which fell 2.07% or 6.05 points to trade at 286.50 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI ) declined 1.87% or 238.80 points to end at 12,537.85 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC ) was down 1.46% or 2.34 points to 158.32.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR ) which rose 4.06% to 550.45, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML ) which was up 2.93% to settle at 1,694.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK ) which gained 2.29% to close at 1,688.05.

The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI ) which was down 1.81% to 12,543.75 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC ) which lost 1.49% to settle at 158.30 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN ) which was down 1.18% to 7,214.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1326 to 1186 and 88 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1936 fell and 1923 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.76% or 45.45 to 1,692.50. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML ) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.93% or 48.25 to 1,694.00.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.23% to 12.93.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $2,676.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.32% or 1.75 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.19% or 1.73 to trade at $77.31 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.10% to 84.05, while EUR/INR fell 0.16% to 91.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 102.86.

Source: Investing.com