Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors led shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, IT and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 4.36% or 20.10 points to trade at 481.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 3.44% or 3.85 points to end at 115.85 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 2.44% or 19.10 points to 802.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which fell 1.91% or 93.10 points to trade at 4,778.35 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 1.53% or 6.65 points to end at 428.75 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was down 1.46% or 39.70 points to 2,682.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.35% to 115.80, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.66% to settle at 175.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.58% to close at 617.15.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.46% to 2,682.85 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 1.33% to settle at 1,099.70 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 0.76% to 7,183.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1147 to 765 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2054 rose and 1418 declined, while 190 ended unchanged.
Shares in State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) rose to all time highs; up 1.58% or 9.60 to 617.15.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.10% to 13.73.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.06% or 1.05 to $1,808.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.10% or 1.68 to hit $81.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.96% or 1.68 to trade at $87.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.54% to 81.85, while EUR/INR rose 0.45% to 86.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.64.