Indian stocks rose on Monday after a truce in trade relations between the United States and China, while shares in Hindustan Unilever jumped after its deal involving GlaxoSmithKline's Horlicks nutrition business. The broader NSE index closed 0.06 percent higher at 10,883.75, while the benchmark BSE index ended 0.13 higher at 36,241. Both indexes marked their sixth successive session of gains. Hindustan Unilever jumped 4.1 percent to its best ever closing level after a deal announced by its Anglo-Dutch parent Unilever to buy GlaxoSmithKline's Indian Horlicks business for $3.8 billion.
Meanwhile, shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, India's top drug manufacturer by market value, slid 7.6 percent after a report of a regulatory probe against the company. Some automakers also dropped after posting disappointing monthly sales for November. Shares of Ashok Leyland Ltd fell as much as 5.2 percent after posting 9.2 percent drop in November sales.
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