Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.47% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC), which rose 4.43% or 19.35 points to trade at 456.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.87% or 7.40 points to end at 198.45 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) was up 3.68% or 95.00 points to 2675.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which fell 1.56% or 9.75 points to trade at 613.95 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.32% or 12.70 points to end at 951.55 and Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) was down 0.72% or 2.70 points to 371.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 4.35% to 455.75, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 3.54% to settle at 2676.15 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which gained 2.40% to close at 1284.25.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.24% to 951.95 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which lost 0.90% to settle at 3505.10 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.53% to 1343.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 902 to 670 and 16 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1449 rose and 1276 declined, while 176 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.45% to 10.6750.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.29 to $1230.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.76% or 1.32 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.68% or 1.36 to trade at $52.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 64.100, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 70.2944.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 98.80.