Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate , Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.66%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.62%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were JSW Steel Ltd (NS: JSTL ), which rose 2.15% or 19.70 points to trade at 937.05 at the close. Meanwhile, ITC Ltd (NS: ITC ) added 2.07% or 9.60 points to end at 474.25 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS: HALC ) was up 1.85% or 11.50 points to 634.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS: HROM ), which fell 1.55% or 67.35 points to trade at 4,272.60 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS: MRTI ) declined 0.73% or 79.05 points to end at 10,822.00 and Nestle India Ltd (NS: NEST ) was down 0.55% or 11.90 points to 2,151.60.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were JSW Steel Ltd (BO: JSTL ) which rose 2.11% to 937.85, ITC Ltd (BO: ITC ) which was up 2.10% to settle at 474.35 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO: TEML ) which gained 1.81% to close at 1,715.75.

The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO: MRTI ) which was down 0.89% to 10,808.00 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO: HCLT ) which lost 0.52% to settle at 1,901.35 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO: BJFS ) which was down 0.45% to 1,562.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1585 to 937 and 147 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2365 fell and 1535 advanced, while 132 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nestle India Ltd (NS: NEST ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.55% or 11.90 to 2,151.60.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 9.99% to 13.57.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.26% or 6.76 to $2,638.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.12 to trade at $72.44 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.21% to 85.13, while EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 88.54.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 107.79.