The benchmark Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Monday, supported by a correction in crude oil prices and buying interest in heavyweight banking and financial stocks.

The 30-share benchmark index ended at 81106.65 up by 107.25 points or by 0.13 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25044.65 up by 58.25 points or by 0.23 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81339.41 and intraday low of 80519.31 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25084.05 and intraday low of 24838.75

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 1041.45,+2.43%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3115.00,+2.13%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4185.30,+1.96%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 328.40,+1.59%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 796.10,+1.52%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1407.00,-2.49%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 184.90,-2.43%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12260.00,-2.00%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1065.00,-1.83%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1800.00,-1.75%), among others.

_Bankex index was at 67235.21 up by 937.44 points or by 1.41%. Union Bank of India (Rs. 196.60,+5.53%), Punjab National Bank (Rs. 132.00,+4.97%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 259.95,+4.10%), Canara Bank (Rs. 128.00,+3.90%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1041.45,+2.43%),.

IT index was at 30639.22 down by -405.57 points or by -1.31%. GNG Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 550.65,-9.04%), Rashi Peripherals Ltd. (Rs. 674.15,-8.51%), Ivalue Infosolutions Ltd. (Rs. 202.00,-6.18%), Empower India Ltd. (Rs. 1.15,-4.96%), RateGain Travel Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 702.55,-4.93%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4894 , shares advanced were 2140 while 2507 shares declined and 247 were unchanged.