Buy or sell stocks, March 18 -- Following the positive global market sentiments after a sharp recovery in the US stock market on Friday last week, the Indian stock market ended higher on Monday. The Nifty 50 index ended 111 points higher at 22,508, the BSE Sensex finished 341 points higher at 74,169, while the Bank Nifty index gained 293 points and closed at 48,354. The broader market witnessed buying interest, with Nifty Midcap100 and Smallcap100 rising by 0.7% and 0.5%, respectively. Healthy banking, financial, pharma, and auto stock gains increased frontline indices. The Nifty Metal index rose by 0.8% as China's measures to revive its economy aided base metal prices. Further, weakness in the US dollar index amid mounting economic conce...