NEW DELHI: As many as 70 stocks including GTL Infrastructure, HDIL, Jaypee Infratech, Monnet Ispat and Energy and Reliance Naval and Engineering hit fresh 52-week lows on NSE on Monday even as broader markets remained positive.

However, 58 stocks including Dabur India, Hexaware Technologies, IndusInd Bank, IPCA Laboratories, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, Mindtree, NIIT Technologies and SRF hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE on Monday.

Key equity indices closed Monday's session in the higher territory on gains in bank, financial, IT and FMCG stocks.

The BSE Sensex closed 191 points, or 0.55 per cent, up at 35,160 with 25 stocks advancing while 6 declining in trade.

The Nifty50 too clocked gains of 47 points or 0.44 per cent and settled at 10,739 with 33 stocks in the green and 16 in the red. One stock remained unchanged in the index.

YES Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Hindustan Unilever and Larsen & Toubro stood as the top gainers in the Nifty index.

Axis Bank, Reliance Industries and UPL remained the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks on Monday.