New Delhi, April 28 -- An across-the-board buying spree lifted the Indian stock market on Monday, April 28, helping the benchmarks - the Sensex and the Nifty 50 - snap their two-day losing streak and end with solid gains of over one percent each.

The Sensex jumped 1,006 points, or 1.27 per cent, to close at 80,218.37, while the Nifty 50 ended the day with a solid gain of 289 points, or 1.20 per cent, at 24,328.50.

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended 1.34 per cent and 0.39 per cent higher, respectively.

Investors' wealth swelled by more than Rs.4 lakh crore in a day as the overall market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE rose to nearly Rs.426 lakh crore from Rs.421.6 lakh crore in the previous session.

More to come. ...