© Reuters Indian shares rose at close of trading; Nifty 50 up to 0.50%
Investing.com – Indian stocks closed higher on Monday as gains across the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close on NSE, the was up 0.50%, while the index added 0.53%.
The best interpreters of the session in the were indostan unilever Ltd. (NS:), which rose 47.65 points or 1.87% to trade at 2,596.40 at close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:) added 1.84% or 18.95 points to finish at 1,049.30 and Mahindra Technology Ltd (NS:) was up 1.80%, or 18.80 points, at 1,065.30 in latest trading.
The worst results of the session were ultra-technological cement Ltd (NS:), which fell 327.40 points or 4.56% to trade at 6,849.75 at close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:) declined 1.45% or 24.05 points to close at 1,631.30 and ntpc Ltd (NS:) was down 1.07%, or 1.80 points, at 166.90.
Top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) up 1.94% to 2,597.80, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) up 1.85% to 1,049.15 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.65% to close at 1,065.10.
The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which was down 4.62% to 6,846.90 at the end of the trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.22% to close at 166.65 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.73% at 122.00 at close.
Stocks that fell outnumbered those that rose on the National Stock Exchange of India by 1,144 to 805, with 65 ending unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1942 fell and 1575 advanced, while 182 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, fell 1.23% to 13.62, a new one-month low.
Gold futures for February delivery rose 0.30, or 0.02%, to $1,928.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trade, crude oil for March delivery rose 0.39, or 0.48%, to hit $82.03 a barrel, while the March Brent contract rose 0.56%. or 0.49 to trade at $88.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.52% at 81.40, while EUR/INR was up 0.91% at 88.70.
US dollar index futures were down 0.22% at 101.56.
