New Delhi, April 28 -- With India's trade talks with the United States going smoothly and positive cues from Asian markets, Indian stock indices - Sensex and Nifty - saw a substantial jump on the first day of this week.

The Sensex closed at 80,218.37 points, up 1,005.84 points or 1.27 per cent and Nifty closed at 24,328.50 points, up 289.15 points or 1.20 per cent, respectively.

Sensex is still some 6,000 points lower than its all-time high of 85,978 points that it had touched in September 2024.

Among the sectoral indices, PSU Bank soared the most at 2.44 per cent, NSE data showed.

"It is important to remember that markets have an uncanny ability to surprise by climbing many walls of worries," said VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Str...