Mumbai, June 26 -- The domestic equity benchmarks ended with major gains today, extending their winning streak to a third session, supported by firm Asian markets and sustained optimism over a potential Israel-Iran ceasefire.

Metal, oil & gas and financial services shares advanced while media, realty and IT shares declined. The Nifty settled around 25,550 mark.

As per provisional closing data, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, zoomed 1,000.36 points or 1.21% to 83,755.87. The Nifty 50 index rallied 304.25 points or 1.21% to 25,549.90. In three consecutive trading sessions, the Sensex advanced 2.27% while the Nifty rose 2.31%.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.56% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 0.12%...