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Markets ended higher on Monday led by financials after the Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that the GDP growth in the last two quarters of the current fiscal will be atleast 5.2%. Further, the excise duty cuts for select sectors also boosted sentiment.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 110 points at 20,477 and the 50-share Nifty was up 31 points at 6,079.
