Buy or sell stocks, June 16 -- The Indian stock market closed significantly higher on Monday, 15 June, after the US and Iran announced a peace agreement, significantly easing geopolitical tensions and bringing an end to a conflict that had persisted for nearly four months.

Reflecting the positive sentiment, the BSE Sensex surged 736 points, or 0.97%, to close at 76,264. During the session, it touched an intraday high of 76,821.07 and has gained more than 2,430 points over the last two trading sessions. The Nifty 50 also ended firmly in the green, rising 231 points, or 0.98%, to settle at 23,854 after briefly crossing the 24,000 mark during intraday trade.

Nifty 50 opened with a strong gap-up of nearly 361 points at 23,984.85, driven by ...