Mumbai, Nov. 5 -- Indian stock markets ended sharply higher on Thursday, with the Sensex surging over 2,000 points and the Nifty settling above the 24,500 mark, supported by easing crude oil prices and positive global cues following Democrats' gains in the US midterm elections.

Sensex closed higher at 79,310.01, up 2008.61 points or 2.60 per cent against the previous close of 77,301.40. Nifty closed at 24,536.60, up 576.00 points or 2.40 per cent against the previous close of 23,960.60.

Sectorally, all broad market indices ended in the green with Nifty 100 emerging as top gainer, surging 2.23 per cent. Most sectoral indices ended higher with Nifty Financial Services and Nifty Bank emerging as top gainers, surging over 4 and 3 per cent e...