New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Indian Stock Markets on Friday extended their rally for the second consecutive session. The markets was supported by buying in IT, media and metal stocks. Further, Nifty climbed to an intraday high and ended the session near the day's high.

At close, the Sensex was up 413.66 points or 0.56 percent at 74,729.27, and the Nifty was up 148.80 points or 0.65 percent at 23,146.15. Indices extended the gains for the second consecutive week, with Sensex adding 3.1 percent and Nifty rising 2.7%Top Nifty gainers were Tech Mahindra, TCS, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, M&M, while losers were Interglobe Aviation, BSE Limited, Max Healthcare, Tata Consumer, Jio Financial.

Among the sectors, all the indices ended in green except FMCG, oil...