<p> Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices continued to rally for the third straight session on Monday amid favourable trends in global markets.</p><p> The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 471.45 points to 64,835.23 points in early trade. The Nifty climbed 126.75 points to 19,357.35 points.</p><p> Among the Sensex firms, Larsen & Toubro, Axis Bank, Nestle, JSW Steel, IndusInd Bank and Mahindra & Mahindra were the biggest gainers.</p><p> State Bank of India and Tata Motors were the laggards.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the green.</p><p> The US markets ended in the positive territory on Friday.</p><p>"The market construct now is favourable for the bulls despite the uncertainty surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. The sharp decline in the US 10-year bond yield from the October high of 5 per cent to 4.58 per cent now is the strongest tailwind for the market," V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said.</p><p> Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.37 per cent to $85.20 a barrel.</p><p> Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 12.43 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.</p><p>On Friday, the BSE benchmark climbed 282.88 points or 0.44 per cent to settle at 64,363.78 points while the Nifty rose 97.35 points or 0.51 per cent to 19,230.60 points. </p>
<p> Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices continued to rally for the third straight session on Monday amid favourable trends in global markets.</p><p> The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 471.45 points to 64,835.23 points in early trade. The Nifty climbed 126.75 points to 19,357.35 points.</p><p> Among the Sensex firms, Larsen & Toubro, Axis Bank, Nestle, JSW Steel, IndusInd Bank and Mahindra & Mahindra were the biggest gainers.</p><p> State Bank of India and Tata Motors were the laggards.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the green.</p><p> The US markets ended in the positive territory on Friday.</p><p>"The market construct now is favourable for the bulls despite the uncertainty surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. The sharp decline in the US 10-year bond yield from the October high of 5 per cent to 4.58 per cent now is the strongest tailwind for the market," V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said.</p><p> Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.37 per cent to $85.20 a barrel.</p><p> Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 12.43 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.</p><p>On Friday, the BSE benchmark climbed 282.88 points or 0.44 per cent to settle at 64,363.78 points while the Nifty rose 97.35 points or 0.51 per cent to 19,230.60 points. </p>