Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.16%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 6.71% or 20.20 points to trade at 321.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW) added 3.85% or 2.70 points to end at 72.75 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 3.75% or 16.50 points to 456.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which fell 3.10% or 5.20 points to trade at 162.70 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 2.64% or 6.90 points to end at 254.05 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was down 2.53% or 27.20 points to 1046.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 5.53% to 317.50, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was up 2.60% to settle at 272.20 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 2.08% to close at 233.50.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.82% to 253.60 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.73% to settle at 255.35 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.02% to 2277.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 959 to 517 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1638 rose and 908 declined, while 170 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.51% to 18.0550.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.90% or 10.60 to $1189.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $45.99 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.08 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.30% to 68.728, while EUR/INR rose 0.74% to 73.1050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 101.15.