The Sensex ended at a 5-month closing high whereas the Nifty posted a near 4-week closing high on strong buying in capital goods, infrastructure, power, and metal stocks. The BSE index edged higher 276.86 points at 35,934.72 on Monday.
Major Sensex gainers were Vedanta, Asian Paints, YES Bank and Sun Pharma, while the top losers were TCS, Hero MotorCorp, HDFC and IndusInd Bank.
The NSE Nifty added 80.25 points, or 0.74 percent, to close the day at 10,852.90, with 38 stocks in the green and 12 stocks in the red. Asian Paints, YES Bank, Dr. Reddy’s and Vedanta stood as the top gainers in the Nifty index.
Share price of IT bellwether TCS concluded 1.34 percent down, ahead of its first quarter results 2019 to be announced Tuesday, 10 July 2018. Shares of TCS hit fresh all-time high after opening marginally higher in the opening bell today.
TCS presently commands a market valuation (MCap) of Rs 7.22 lakh crore on BSE.