Indian equity indices ended higher on October 03.
Sensex ended 223.86 points higher at 81,207.17, whereas Nifty concluded 57.95 points up at 24,894.25.
Tata Steel, Power Grid Corp, Hindalco, Axis Bank and L&T were among major gainers, while losers included Max Healthcare, Coal India, Maruti Suzuki, Tech Mahindra and SBI Life Insurance.
Except pharma, realty, FMCG, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with metal index rose nearly 2 percent, PSU Bank up 1 percent.
Indian rupee ended marginally lower at 88.78 per dollar versus Wednesday’s close of 88.69.
