The Indian benchmark indices erased some of the intraday gains but managed to close on a positive note for the fourth consecutive session on October 7 with Nifty closing above the 25,100 amid buying seen in the auto, consumer durables, oil & gas, energy, realty names.


At close, the Sensex was up 136.63 points or 0.17 percent at 81,926.75, and the Nifty was up 30.65 points or 0.12 percent at 25,108.30. BSE Midcap index added 0.4% and smallcap index was ended marginally lower.

Jio Financial, Bharti Airtel, Eternal, Eicher Motors, HCL Technologies were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers included Trent, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, Tata Consumer and HUL.

Among sectors, energy, oil & gas, pharma, telecom, consumer durables rose 0.3-2%.

In stock-specific action, Trent shares down 2% on 'overweight' rating by Morgan Stanley, Coal India shares gain on MoU with Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation, Bank of India shares gain as Q2 global business rose 11.8%, Metropolis Healthcare share price gained 2% as Q2 revenue jumps 23%.

Brigade Enterprises shares added 4% on signing joint development agreement for premium residential projects in West Chennai, Fino Payment Bank shares gained 4% post SEBI settlement order, Gabriel India hits 52-week high on executing JV Agreement with Korea-based SK Enmove Co.

Nearly 150 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Nykaa, UNO Minda, Schaeffler India, Hero MotoCorp, Aster DM Health, HPCL, Canara Bank, AB Capital, Muthoot Finance, NLC India, Hindustan Copper, among others.