The S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indexes ended higher amid a choppy trading session on Monday led by gains in NTPC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Hindustan Unilever and Larsen & Toubro. The benchmarks staged a gap up opening but turned choppy for most part pf the day as weakness in Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank limited the upside momentum. The Sensex traded in a band of 385 points and Nifty touched an intraday high of 11,255.75 and low of 11,144.50.
The Sensex ended 173 points or 0.46 per cent to close at 38,051 and Nifty 50 index advanced 69 points or 0.61 per cent to end at 11,247.
