Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Auto and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.52%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 3.08% or 38.55 points to trade at 1,288.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.05% or 222.00 points to end at 7,496.10 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 2.57% or 32.75 points to 1,305.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which fell 2.46% or 2.60 points to trade at 103.10 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 1.63% or 7.05 points to end at 425.45 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was down 1.30% or 47.20 points to 3,592.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 3.05% to 1,288.70, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 2.79% to settle at 7,493.10 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 1.92% to close at 18,765.35.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.50% to 103.15 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.16% to settle at 898.45 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.12% to 233.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1071 to 806 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1842 fell and 1626 advanced, while 130 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.59% to 19.94 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.67% or 11.30 to $1,672.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.78% or 1.51 to hit $83.25 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 1.42 to trade at $89.93 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 79.80, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 79.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 109.77.