Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.47%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 5.83% or 31.90 points to trade at 578.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 4.32% or 1072.20 points to end at 25900.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 3.70% or 202.80 points to 5680.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which fell 0.96% or 23.30 points to trade at 2407.50 at the close. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) declined 0.49% or 1.800 points to end at 363.500 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) was down 0.21% or 47.85 points to 22750.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 3.92% to 178.80, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 3.70% to settle at 5681.85 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which gained 3.18% to close at 3523.00.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.63% to 2411.80 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.02% to settle at 1037.85 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 0.12% to 868.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1327 to 170 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2185 rose and 643 declined, while 113 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) rose to all time highs; up 5.83% or 31.90 to 578.65. Shares in Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.32% or 1072.20 to 25900.00. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.70% or 202.80 to 5680.10. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.70% or 202.65 to 5681.85.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 9.08% to 15.6200.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.25 to $1320.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.00% or 0.48 to hit $48.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.51 to trade at $50.70 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 66.535, while EUR/INR fell 0.05% to 74.7800.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.41.