Indices gain more than a per cent as Sensex regains its 60,000 mark and Nifty its 18,000 mark

Indian indices came back strongly on Monday tracking Friday's Wall Street gains and other Asian peers. 

Investors chose to overlook the grim Covid situation in China and bargain-hunted in today's session.

Sensex jumped 721 points and reclaimed the 60,000 mark to close at 60,566.

In the same way, Nifty went above 18,000 to close at 18,014, a gain of 207 points.

Most of the sectors made handsome gains with PSU Bank gaining 7%. Metal, Realty, Bank and Media also jumped more than 2%.

Pharma and Healthcare sectors dragged and closed in the red.

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