Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.69% to hit a new 3-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ), which rose 4.25% or 9.75 points to trade at 239.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) added 4.21% or 60.00 points to end at 1483.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 4.12% or 26.65 points to 673.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which fell 1.73% or 54.55 points to trade at 3090.00 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 1.31% or 7.95 points to end at 599.95 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 1.15% or 2.20 points to 189.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 4.20% to 674.30, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 3.18% to settle at 290.35 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which gained 1.99% to close at 309.60.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 1.49% to 3094.80 in late trade, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which lost 1.13% to settle at 601.45 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 0.97% to 199.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 990 to 516 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1812 rose and 1037 declined, while 133 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.06% to 13.3975.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.29% or 3.55 to $1224.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $53.84 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.14 to trade at $56.67 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 67.225, while EUR/INR fell 0.40% to 72.1689.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 99.97.