Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto, Consumer Durables and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.39% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which rose 5.77% or 154.75 points to trade at 2840.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 3.56% or 104.25 points to end at 3034.60 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 3.82% or 53.70 points to 1459.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which fell 0.78% or 2.80 points to trade at 357.45 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 0.22% or 1.65 points to end at 757.60 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was down 0.20% or 0.85 points to 422.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which rose 6.01% to 2842.50, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 3.92% to settle at 3039.90 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 3.70% to close at 1663.85.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.13% to 422.85 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.11% to settle at 133.05 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.04% to 278.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 860 to 726 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1370 fell and 1127 advanced, while 154 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.62% to 15.9675.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.80% or 10.55 to $1321.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.99% or 0.53 to hit $54.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.45 to trade at $62.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.50% to 69.235, while EUR/INR fell 0.33% to 77.4400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.578.