Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Power and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.54%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which rose 5.64% or 6.15 points to trade at 115.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) added 5.22% or 990.95 points to end at 19984.30 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 5.13% or 4.50 points to 92.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which fell 1.39% or 21.35 points to trade at 1518.75 at the close. Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) declined 0.53% or 1.20 points to end at 224.55 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 0.46% or 2.30 points to 502.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which rose 5.12% to 92.35, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 4.20% to settle at 348.35 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which gained 4.00% to close at 127.35.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 0.58% to 502.60 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 0.24% to settle at 3028.60 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.04% to 1232.55 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 839 to 565 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 527 rose and 306 declined, while 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.46% or 2.30 to 502.15. Shares in Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.58% or 2.95 to 502.60.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.56% to 16.0125 a new 3-months low.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.59% or 7.30 to $1251.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.02 to hit $39.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.07 to trade at $42.01 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.19% to 66.425, while EUR/INR fell 0.23% to 75.6880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 94.17.