Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the gained 0.13%, while the index declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:), which rose 4.04% or 25.65 points to trade at 659.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:) added 3.47% or 103.50 points to end at 3,085.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) was up 3.32% or 11.05 points to 343.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:), which fell 2.59% or 73.45 points to trade at 2,767.00 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:) declined 1.17% or 116.15 points to end at 9,772.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:) was down 1.07% or 14.65 points to 1,349.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which rose 3.04% to 154.10, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.62% to settle at 4,488.15 and NTPC Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.46% to close at 403.95.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which was down 2.55% to 2,768.15 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which lost 1.13% to settle at 1,350.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.02% to 1,469.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1804 to 689 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2595 rose and 1272 declined, while 132 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.47% or 103.50 to 3,085.00. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 1.62% or 71.60 to 4,488.15.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.46% to 14.19.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 5.45 to $2,532.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.01% or 0.76 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.78 to trade at $78.90 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.87, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 92.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 102.08.
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