Indian stock market, Sept. 14 -- The Indian stock market finished with solid gains, driven by select heavyweight stocks such as ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, and Reliance Industries, amid broadly positive global sentiment, on Friday, September 12.

The Sensex advanced 356 points, or 0.44 per cent, to close at 81,904.70, while the Nifty 50 rose 109 points, or 0.43 per cent, to settle at 25,114. The mid- and small-cap indices also ended higher, though they lagged behind the benchmarks, with the BSE Midcap up 0.09 per cent and the Smallcap gaining 0.27 per cent.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking believes that the Indian stock market bias has gained strength as the Nifty 50 index gained further after closing above 25,000 leve...