Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.71%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH), which rose 4.41% or 843.05 points to trade at 19971.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 4.37% or 17.60 points to end at 420.70 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) was up 3.96% or 36.00 points to 946.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which fell 0.93% or 7.90 points to trade at 845.50 at the close. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) declined 0.92% or 26.25 points to end at 2840.05 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was down 0.66% or 0.75 points to 113.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which rose 3.78% to 2527.95, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 3.41% to settle at 477.25 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 3.28% to close at 225.30.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 0.91% to 2842.00 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 0.80% to settle at 846.10 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 0.12% to 329.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 993 to 441 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1082 rose and 519 declined, while 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) rose to all time highs; up 3.96% or 36.00 to 946.20.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.98% to 16.6125.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.35% or 17.45 to $1276.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.06% or 0.92 to hit $45.58 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 0.67 to trade at $46.04 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 66.490, while EUR/INR fell 0.36% to 75.6960.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.01.