Indian equities continued to rally for the third day on Tuesday. Both Sensex and Nifty were trading above 5-month high. At 9.45 a.m, the Sensex was trading up 214.19 points or 0.60% at 36,148.91 with 23 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 62.00 points or 0.57% at 10,914.90 with 35 components gaining.

Major gainers in the 30-share index were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (1.91%), Reliance Industries (1.77%), Bajaj Auto (1.59%), HDFC Bank (1.26%), ICICI Bank (1.20%), and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (0.95%).

On the other hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank (0.50%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (0.39%), Dr Reddy'S Laboratories (0.38%), Power Grid Corporation Of India (0.35%), Wipro (0.34%), and Asian Paints (0.15%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was positive with 1,006 advances against 355 declines.

Bhageria Industries topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 197.73 million. It was followed by Sterlite Technologies (Rs. 126.38 million), Reliance Industries (Rs. 117.97 million) and R*Shares Liquid BeES (Rs. 103.84 million).

The volume chart was led by Sunil Hitech Engineers with trades of over 1.32 million shares. It was followed by Vakrangee (1.22 million), Assam Company India (0.63 million) and Vikas Wsp (0.62 million).