New Delhi, May 26 -- Rising for the second consecutive session, Indian stock market benchmarks- the Sensex and the Nifty 50- ended with decent gains on Monday, May 26, with gains led by select heavyweights including ICICI Bank, ITC and Reliance Industries.

The Sensex ended the day with a gain of 455 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 82,176.45, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,001.15, up 148 points, or 0.60 per cent. The BSE Midcap index rose 0.56 per cent and the BSE Smallcap index climbed 0.48 per cent.

Investors earned by about Rs.3 lakh crore in a single session as the cumulative market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE rose to nearly Rs.445 lakh crore from Rs.442 lakh crore in the previous session.

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