Mumbai, Aug. 3 -- The key domestic indices ended with strong gains today, extending their winning streak to a fourth consecutive session, supported by a sharp correction in crude oil prices amid reports of renewed U.S.-Iran talks, robust June-quarter earnings, stock-specific buying, continued foreign institutional investor (FII) inflows and selective gains in heavyweight stocks. The Nifty ended above the 24,750 mark. Barring the Nifty media index, all other sectoral indices traded in the green.

As per provisional closing data, the S&P BSE Sensex jumped 544.39 points or 0.70% to 78,639.03. The Nifty 50 index rose 390.70 points or 1.6% to 24,774.30. In the four consecutive trading sessions, the Sensex rallied 2.44% while the Nifty jumped 3...