MUMBAI: Indian shares ended the session higher by nearly 2 percent, with the NSE index posting its biggest daily gain in more than two months, as investors snapped up beaten down blue-chips after the Lower House of Parliament approved the 2015/16 Finance Bill.

The 30-share BSE index Sensex surged 479.28 points or 1.77 per cent to 27,490.59, marking its biggest single-day gain since March 30, 2015.

Similarly, the 50-share NSE index Nifty jumped 150.45 points or 1.84 percent to 8,331.95, its best daily gain since February 27, 2015.

All BSE sectoral indices ended significantly in the green with oil & gas, PSU, realty and healthcare stocks driving the uptrend. Among them, oil & gas index gained the most by 3.52 per cent, followed by PSU 3.01 per cent, realty 2.51 per cent and healthcare 2.35 per cent.

Top five Sensex gainers were ONGC 7.57%, Bajaj Auto 7.4%, Cipla 5.8%, M&M 4.72% and BHEL 3.29%, while the only three losers were ICICI Bank 0.63%, Tata Motors 0.34%, and L&T 0.12%.

With inputs from Hindu/IANS

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