Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto , Capital Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.60%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NSE: BAJA ), which rose 2.39% or 209.00 points to trade at 8,950.00 at the close. Meanwhile, JSW Steel Ltd (NSE: JSTL ) added 2.17% or 21.90 points to end at 1,030.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NSE: MAHM ) was up 2.04% or 61.40 points to 3,074.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eternal Ltd (NSE: ETEA ), which fell 4.59% or 10.90 points to trade at 226.65 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NSE: PGRD ) declined 0.47% or 1.40 points to end at 296.70 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NSE: KTKM ) was down 0.43% or 9.10 points to 2,091.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO: MAHM ) which rose 2.17% to 3,077.75, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO: HCLT ) which was up 1.55% to settle at 1,673.80 and Nestle India Ltd (BO: NEST ) which gained 1.51% to close at 2,450.00.
The worst performers were Eternal Ltd (BO: ETEA ) which was down 4.55% to 226.65 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO: ULTC ) which lost 0.47% to settle at 11,685.40 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO: PGRD ) which was down 0.39% to 296.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1357 to 1043 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2161 rose and 1752 declined, while 189 ended unchanged.
The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.66% to 18.08.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.04% or 35.44 to $3,359.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.26% or 0.16 to hit $61.37 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $64.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 85.10, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 96.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.93.