The Nifty 50 extended its upward journey for another session and closed at a nearly nine-month high on June 25, ahead of the June Futures & Options contracts expiry scheduled for tomorrow. A decline in the India VIX to a near three-month low, along with subdued oil prices following the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, boosted overall market sentiment.

Indian benchmark indices extended the gains on second day on June 25 with Nifty above 25,200 amid positive cues with fall in crude prices on tentative Iran-Israel ceasefire.

On the back of positive global markets, the Indian indices opened higher and extended the gains as the day progress to close near day's high level amid buying across the sectors.

At close, the Sensex was up 700.40 points or 0.85 percent at 82,755.51, and the Nifty was up 200.40 points or 0.80 percent at 25,244.75.

The broader indices extended the gains for fourth consecutive session with BSE midcap index gaining 0.6 percent and smallcap index rising 1.6 percent.

Titan Company, Infosys, M&M, Grasim Industries, JSW Steel were among top gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Bharat Electronics, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Eicher Motors, Axis Bank, ONGC.

All the sectoral indices ended in the green with auto, consumer durables, IT, telecom, healthcare, media up 1-2 percent.

Timex Group India shares sank 5% as promoter to sell 15% stake via OFS route, Bajel Projects shares were locked at upper circuit on winning large EPC order, IndiaMART InterMesh shares soared 7% on double upgrade from Nuvama, Reliance Infrastructure shares rose 5 percent after Reliance Defence secured export order worth Rs 600 crore from Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, KNR Construction shares added more than 8 percent on bagging order worth Rs 4,801 crore.

Nearly 100 stocks on the BSE touched their 52-week highs, including EID Parry, MCX India, Hyundai Motor, Max Financial, Home First Finance, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bharti Airtel, AU Small Finance Bank, Max Financial, LT Finance, Aditya Birla Capital, Vishal Mega Mart, among others.