Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.61%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which rose 4.85% or 40.30 points to trade at 870.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 4.43% or 6.90 points to end at 162.75 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 4.14% or 142.75 points to 3,588.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which fell 1.66% or 66.90 points to trade at 3,952.40 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 1.47% or 55.85 points to end at 3,745.95 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was down 1.25% or 32.90 points to 2,589.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 4.36% to 162.70, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 2.38% to settle at 9,977.35 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.82% to close at 342.05.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.57% to 3,745.00 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 1.22% to settle at 2,591.20 and LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was down 0.96% to 4,889.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1958 to 259 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3117 rose and 642 declined, while 144 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) rose to all time highs; up 4.43% or 6.90 to 162.75. Shares in Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) rose to all time highs; rising 4.36% or 6.80 to 162.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.84% to 12.08 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.43% or 32.00 to $2,270.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.30% or 0.25 to hit $82.92 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.32 to trade at $86.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.39, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 89.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 104.31.
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