Mumbai, Oct. 6 -- The headline equity indices ended with strong gains on Monday as investors tracked quarterly business updates from corporates. The Nifty settled above the 25,070 mark, led by buying in IT, healthcare, and private bank stocks. Sentiment remained upbeat after the Reserve Bank of India, in its policy review last week, raised its GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.8% from 6.5% and lowered its CPI inflation estimate to 2.6% from 3.1%.

The S&P BSE Sensex jumped 582.95 points or 0.72% to 81,790.12. The Nifty 50 index gained 183.40 points or 0.74% to 25,077.65. In three consecutive trading sessions, the Sensex and Nifty jumped 1.9%, respectively.

Infosys (up 1.98%), Bajaj Finance (up 1.95%) and HDFC Bank (up 0.93%...