Indian benchmark indices snapped three-day losing streak and ended higher with Nifty above 24,600 amid positive global markets and buying across the sectors barring realty.

At close, the Sensex was up 260.74 points or 0.32 percent at 80,998.25, and the Nifty was up 77.70 points or 0.32 percent at 24,620.20.

Eternal, Jio Financial, Bharti Airtel, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Trent, Bajaj Finserv, Shriram Finance, TCS, Axis Bank.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose 0.5 percent each.

On the sectoral front, BSE Realty index was down 0.7 percent, while telecom, metal, oil & gas indices added 0.5-1 percent.

More than 100 stocks on the BSE made their 52-week highs, including Garden Reach, GlaxoSmithKline Pharma, APL Apollo, Lloyds Metals, SBI Cards, Anupam Rasayan, Radico Khaitan, Hitachi Energy, Solar Industries, Fortis Healthcare, AstraZeneca Pharma, Bharti Hexacom, CCL Products, City Union Bank, among others.

Among IPO listing, Scoda Tubes shares ended 5 percent higher, after making a flat stock market debut.