Sensex ends higher; heavy machinery stocks rises

The Sensex ended higher by 20.36 points at 14,487.72 as most of the heavy machinery stocks such as Larsen and Toubro and BHEL notched up handsome gains.

A fag-end buying placed the benchmark Sensex over 20 points higher on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday on the back of heavy machinery stocks.

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The Sensex ended higher by 20.36 points at 14,487.72 as most of the heavy machinery stocks such as Larsen and Toubro and BHEL notched up handsome gains.

It touched the day's high of 14,521.62 and a low of 14,424.71 points.

The second wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty also rose by 7.35 points at 4259.40, after touching the day's high of 4264.25 and a low of 4236.30 points.