Indian markets ended higher on Monday snapping earlier losses. Both Sensex and Nifty traded at a new life time high. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex added 54.03 or 0.17% at 32,074.78 with 21 components posting rise. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty climbed by 29.60 or 0.30% at 9,915.95 with 34 components registering rise.

Major gainers in the 30-share index were Wipro (3.12%), Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (1.81%), ICICI Bank (1.69%), Cipla (1.56%), Infosys (1.37%), and Reliance Industries (1.33%).

On the other hand, ITC (3.40%), Coal India (1.34%), GAIL (India) (1.13%), Dr Reddy'S Laboratories (0.72%), Axis Bank (0.42%), and Maruti Suzuki India (0.41%) were the major losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was negative with 1,258 advances against 1,314 declines.

Grasim Industries topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 1,809.44 million. It was followed by I C I C I Bank (Rs. 1,001.64 million), Jubilant FoodWorks (Rs. 859.71 million) and Spicejet (Rs. 745.17 million).

The volume chart was led by Unitech with trades of over 59.32 million shares. It was followed by Spicejet (6.47 million), I C I C I Bank (3.31 million) and I T C (1.66 million).