New Delhi, June 5 -- Indian stock indices remained in the green for the second straight day on continued hopes that the India-US trade deal is on the anvil, as Trump's commerce secretary recently indicated.

Firm US stock indices also lent support to Indian stock benchmarks.

Today, Sensex closed at 81,442.04 per cent, up 443.79 points or 0.55 per cent, while Nifty closed at 24,750.90 points, up 130.70 points or 0.53 per cent. Nifty IT, Nifty metal, and Nifty pharma were the top movers among the sectoral indices. Among losers were Nifty Media, Nifty PSU Bank, and Nifty Private Bank.

Global gold prices were also in the green today. At the time of filing this report, per ounce gold was quoted at USD 3,416, up 0.5 per cent.

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