Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the rose 0.03% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the were Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:), which rose 3.35% or 160.40 points to trade at 4,951.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) added 2.87% or 9.45 points to end at 338.25 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:) was up 2.53% or 93.10 points to 3,773.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:), which fell 2.09% or 31.60 points to trade at 1,482.80 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:) declined 1.98% or 69.15 points to end at 3,425.00 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:) was down 1.40% or 22.00 points to 1,553.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.68% to 3,771.90, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.24% to settle at 1,621.65 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which gained 2.05% to close at 2,946.00.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.06% to 1,483.55 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.96% to settle at 3,427.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.23% to 496.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1288 to 947 and 31 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2228 rose and 1666 declined, while 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.35% or 160.40 to 4,951.00. Shares in Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.87% or 9.45 to 338.25.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.78% to 12.83.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 12.25 to $2,440.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $77.04 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $80.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 83.74, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 90.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 104.22.
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