Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 1.84%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.77%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NSE:ONGC), which rose 8.01% or 24.35 points to trade at 328.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Auto Limited (NSE:BAJA) added 7.15% or 139.25 points to end at 2087.90 and Cipla Ltd. (NSE:CIPL) was up 5.93% or 37.70 points to 673.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Limited (NSE:TEML), which fell 1.55% or 9.60 points to trade at 611.75 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd. (NSE:ICBK) declined 0.56% or 1.85 points to end at 329.30 and Tata Motors Ltd. (NSE:TAMO) was down 0.35% or 1.80 points to 506.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 7.57% to 327.65, Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was up 7.40% to settle at 2093.70 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which gained 5.80% to close at 674.00.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.63% to 329.15 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 0.34% to settle at 506.70 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was down 0.12% to 1630.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1137 to 297 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 565 rose and 125 declined, while 2 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 0.48% to 17.3075.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.61% or 7.20 to $1181.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.43% or 0.26 to hit $59.41 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.40 to trade at $66.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.16% to 63.630, while EUR/INR fell 0.25% to 70.9000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 95.72.