<p>Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Thursday after falling in the past two days and ended nearly 1 per cent higher, mainly on buying in HDFC Bank and Bajaj Finance.</p>.<p> The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 490.97 points or 0.69 per cent to settle at 71,847.57 points. During the day, it rallied 598.19 points or 0.83 per cent to 71,954.79 points.</p>.<p> The Nifty climbed 141.25 points or 0.66 per cent to 21,658.60 points.</p>.<p> Among the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance jumped 4.44 per cent and NTPC rose over 3 per cent. IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Nestle, Power Grid, Infosys, Bajaj Finserv and HDFC Bank were the other major winners.</p>.<p> HCL Tech, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti and Hindustan Unilever were among the laggards.</p>.<p> In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong settled in the negative territory.</p>.<p> European markets were trading in the green. The US markets ended lower on Wednesday.</p>.<p> Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.92 per cent to $78.97 a barrel.</p>.<p> Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 666.34 crore on Wednesday, according to exchange data.</p>.<p> On Wednesday, the BSE benchmark fell 535.88 points or 0.75 per cent to settle at 71,356.60 points while the Nifty slipped 148.45 points or 0.69 per cent to 21,517.35 points. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Thursday after falling in the past two days and ended nearly 1 per cent higher, mainly on buying in HDFC Bank and Bajaj Finance.</p>.<p> The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 490.97 points or 0.69 per cent to settle at 71,847.57 points. During the day, it rallied 598.19 points or 0.83 per cent to 71,954.79 points.</p>.<p> The Nifty climbed 141.25 points or 0.66 per cent to 21,658.60 points.</p>.<p> Among the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance jumped 4.44 per cent and NTPC rose over 3 per cent. IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Nestle, Power Grid, Infosys, Bajaj Finserv and HDFC Bank were the other major winners.</p>.<p> HCL Tech, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti and Hindustan Unilever were among the laggards.</p>.<p> In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong settled in the negative territory.</p>.<p> European markets were trading in the green. The US markets ended lower on Wednesday.</p>.<p> Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.92 per cent to $78.97 a barrel.</p>.<p> Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 666.34 crore on Wednesday, according to exchange data.</p>.<p> On Wednesday, the BSE benchmark fell 535.88 points or 0.75 per cent to settle at 71,356.60 points while the Nifty slipped 148.45 points or 0.69 per cent to 21,517.35 points. </p>