New Delhi, March 5 -- The Indian stock market witnessed strong buying interest on Thursday, March 5, largely due to short covering after the recent fall, which dragged the benchmark indices down by 4% in just a few days.

The Sensex jumped 900 points, or 1.14%, to close at 80,015.90. The NSE counterpart, the Nifty 50, jumped 1.17% to end at 24,765.90.

The market rebounded on short covering amid rumours that Iran had made conditional offers to the US.

Meanwhile, the US-Iran war continues with a barrage of missile exchanges. According to Euro News, Iran has struck an oil tanker in the Gulf, which reportedly belonged to the United States.

The Sensex rose on Thursday after losing 3,160 points, or 3.8%, over the last four sessions. Accordin...