Sensex gains after 2-day pause, ends 226 pts up; broader register decline

Quality large-cap stocks such as TCS, Reliance Industries, HCL Tech, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, and Bharti Airtel drove benchmark indices higher on Monday even as mid- and small-cap indices ended in the red.

The frontline S&P BSE Sensex index advanced 226 points, or 0.41 per cent, and closed at 55,556 levels while the Nifty50 index settled below the 16,500-mark at 16,488, up 37 points or 0.23 per cent.

In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices slipped 0.9 per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively.