Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Carbon sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.00%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which rose 4.38% or 48.50 points to trade at 1,156.40 at the close. Meanwhile, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 2.96% or 42.85 points to end at 1,489.25 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 2.96% or 23.70 points to 825.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which fell 5.81% or 85.65 points to trade at 1,388.20 at the close. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 4.76% or 297.60 points to end at 5,961.00 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was down 2.28% or 204.30 points to 8,770.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 4.49% to 1,156.90, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 3.05% to settle at 1,489.90 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 2.93% to close at 9,984.00.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 5.74% to 1,387.75 in late trade, LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which lost 0.82% to settle at 4,750.10 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.63% to 437.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1124 to 1096 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1939 rose and 1830 declined, while 169 ended unchanged.
Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) rose to all time highs; rising 4.38% or 48.50 to 1,156.40. Shares in State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.96% or 23.70 to 825.00. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.49% or 49.75 to 1,156.90.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 11.99% to 12.23.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 6.85 to $2,354.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.25% or 0.21 to hit $83.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.27 to trade at $87.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 83.46, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 89.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 105.54.