Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, IT and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.52% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 2.13% or 8.75 points to trade at 420.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 1.92% or 5.50 points to end at 291.55 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 1.91% or 30.25 points to 1615.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which fell 2.39% or 66.10 points to trade at 2696.45 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 1.11% or 6.00 points to end at 534.80 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 0.89% or 5.15 points to 570.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.20% to 420.20, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 1.89% to settle at 291.80 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.89% to close at 1616.10.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 2.44% to 2692.40 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.09% to settle at 534.30 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 0.93% to 547.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 825 to 735 and 16 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1360 fell and 1275 advanced, while 168 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.92% or 5.50 to 291.55. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) rose to all time highs; up 1.91% or 30.25 to 1615.25. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to all time highs; up 1.89% or 29.90 to 1616.10.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.05% to 11.3125.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.54 to $1256.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.16% or 0.53 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 0.66 to trade at $48.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 64.360, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 74.9989.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.75.