In a volatile trading, the benchmark indices on Monday settled on higher note. The Sensex ended up 82.84 points or 0.3% at 27117.34, and the Nifty was up 42.15 points or 0.5% at 8391.50. In the broader market, both BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap outperformed by rising 0.5% each. The market movement remained strong with 1,601 advances over 1,117 declines. 272 shares remained unchanged.  

GAIL, HDFC, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Hero MotoCorp, are top gainers while ICICI Bank, L&T, Axis Bank, Sun Pharma and Reliance.