India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.39%

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 0.39%, while the index gained 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:), which rose 6.34% or 111.30 points to trade at 1866.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Nestle India Ltd (NS:) added 4.99% or 775.25 points to end at 16300.00 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:) was up 4.82% or 100.10 points to 2175.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:), which fell 6.11% or 15.10 points to trade at 232.05 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:) declined 4.62% or 1.75 points to end at 36.15 and ITC Ltd (NS:) was down 4.61% or 10.10 points to 208.90.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which rose 6.32% to 1867.40, Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was up 5.30% to settle at 16243.50 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which gained 5.06% to close at 2178.50.

The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:) which was down 5.09% to 207.70 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which lost 2.86% to settle at 2103.15 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.04% to 579.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 968 to 583 and 81 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1429 fell and 916 advanced, while 172 ended unchanged.

Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.34% or 111.30 to 1866.65. Shares in Nestle India Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.99% or 775.25 to 16300.00. Shares in ITC Ltd (NS:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.61% or 10.10 to 208.90. Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 6.32% or 111.00 to 1867.40. Shares in ITC Ltd (BO:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.09% or 11.15 to 207.70. Shares in Nestle India Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 5.30% or 817.70 to 16243.50.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.25% to 15.7825.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.27% or 4.25 to $1583.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.66 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.26 to trade at $56.36 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.13% to 71.449, while EUR/INR fell 0.31% to 79.0865.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.470.

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