New Delhi, May 5 -- Indian stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, ended in the positive territory on Monday, May 5, on gains led by select heavyweights such as HDFC Bank, Mahindra and Mahindra and ITC.

The Sensex closed with a gain of 295 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 80,796.84, while the Nifty 50 settled at 24,461.15, up 114 points, or 0.47 per cent. The mid and small-cap segments strongly outperformed. The BSE Midcap jumped 1.45 per cent, while the Smallcap index climbed 1.23 per cent.

Solid gains in the midcap and small-cap indices drove the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms to nearly Rs.427 lakh crore from Rs.423 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors richer by about Rs.4 lakh crore in a s...