Indian equities continued to rise for the fourth day on Monday. Both Sensex and Nifty were trading at a new life time high. At 9.29 a.m, the Sensex was trading up 100.02 points or 0.28% at 35,611.60 with 17 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 12.35 points or 0.11% at 10,907.05 with 23 components gaining.

Major gainers in the 30-share index were Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (4.83%), Reliance Industries (1.64%), Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (1.63%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (0.92%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (0.73%), and Coal India (0.69%).

On the other hand, ICICI Bank (1.65%), Wipro (0.99%), Asian Paints (0.84%), Bharti Airtel (0.69%), State Bank Of India (0.53%), and Larsen & Toubro (0.53%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was positive with 1,033 advances against 599 declines.

Maruti Suzuki India topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 750.49 million. It was followed by Housing Development Finance Corporation (Rs. 523.42 million), Kirloskar Oil Engines (Rs. 189.03 million) and Jubilant FoodWorks (Rs. 125.90 million).

The volume chart was led by Electrosteel Steels with trades of over 3.94 million shares. It was followed by Jaiprakash Associates (1.65 million), Religare Enterprises (0.85 million) and G M R Infrastructure (0.60 million).