By Bharath Rajeswaran and Hritam Mukherjee
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares ended with meagre gains on Monday helped by auto and consumer stocks, while some small- and mid-cap stocks fell after a report said that the country’s markets regulator was investigating allegations of “front-running” at a domestic mutual fund.
The NSE Nifty 50 inched up 0.16% at 23,537.85, while the S&P BSE Sensex settled 0.17% higher at 77,341.08.
The Nifty 50 index has traded in a 450 point range in the past ten sessions in the absence of any major domestic triggers, analysts said.
Auto stocks advanced 0.87% in the session, helped by two-wheeler maker Hero…