Mumbai, March 20 -- The key equity benchmarks ended with strong gains on Thursday, rising for fourth consecutive trading session. The rise in the bourses was driven by positive sentiment in both domestic and global markets. The Nifty settled above the 23,150 mark.

All the sectoral indices on the NSE ended in the green with oil & gas, auto and FMCG shares climbing the most.

As per provisional closing data, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, advanced 899.01 points or 1.19% to 76,348.06. The Nifty 50 index added 283.05 points or 1.24 % to 23,190.65. In the past four trading session, the Sensex and the Nifty jumped 3.41% and 3.54% respectively.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.61%, and the S&P BSE Small-Cap ind...