New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The Indian stock market on Monday snapped its four-day losing streak. Nifty closed above 22,500 in a volatile session, supported by falling crude oil prices and buying across sectors.

The market opened on a strong note amid positive global cues and the Nifty touched an intraday high of 22,621.80.

At close, the Sensex was up 472.77 points or 0.66 per cent at 72,382.47, and the Nifty was up 133.80 points or 0.60 per cent at 22,555.75, with the Nifty Midcap and Smallcap indices adding 0.5 per cent each.

Among sectors, all other sectoral indices ended in the green except pharma. Consumer Durables, FMCG, Media, Infra, Oil & Gas, PSU Bank, Telecom, and Realty were up 0.5-2 per cent.

On Nifty, the gainers were Tata Motors ...