Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 3.28% or 23.00 points to trade at 723.90 at the close. Meanwhile, UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 3.22% or 106.05 points to end at 3396.00 and Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) was up 3.19% or 4.70 points to 151.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which fell 3.03% or 78.10 points to trade at 2495.85 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.37% or 28.35 points to end at 1166.20 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was down 1.92% or 8.60 points to 439.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 3.65% to 122.20, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 3.04% to settle at 3246.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 2.77% to close at 217.10.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.93% to 2495.35 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.37% to settle at 1166.25 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.23% to 549.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1150 to 294 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1185 rose and 408 declined, while 48 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.52% to 18.5300.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.76% or 10.05 to $1332.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.59% or 0.28 to hit $47.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.27 to trade at $48.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 67.971, while EUR/INR fell 0.72% to 74.8640.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.88% at 96.47.