Mumbai, Sept. 21 -- Benchmark stock index Sensex climbed 564 points while the Nifty rose for the fourth consecutive session on Monday, supported by cooling crude oil prices, fresh foreign fund inflows and a positive trend in global equities.
The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 564.03 points, or 0.76 per cent, to settle at a more-than-a-week high of 74,858.99.
Rising for the fourth day, the 50-share NSE Nifty closed higher by 67.90 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 23,414.30.
Among the 30 Sensex firms, UltraTech Cement jumped 4.11 per cent. HCL Tech, Eternal, Titan, ITC and Tech Mahindra were also among the prominent winners.
Bharti Airtel, Power Grid, Infosys and Adani Ports were among the laggards.
The BSE MidCap Select index went up by 0.35 per cent, while SmallCap Select index dipped 0.05 per cent.
Among the BSE sectoral indices, Realty jumped 1.71 per cent, Consumer Durables 1.55 per cent, Healthcare 1.12 per cent, FMCG 1.07 per cent, Housing Finance 0.80 per cent and Top 10 Banks 0.71 per cent.
Utilities, Auto, Insurance, Power, MidSmall Private Banks Quality Tilt and MidSmall Private Banks were the laggards.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, tanked 2.36 per cent to $101.4 per barrel.
FIIs bought equities worth Rs 599.54 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
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