Indian equity benchmarks rose over 2% on Tuesday, boosted by a surge in banks, metal and information technology companies, while upbeat quarterly updates from companies lifted investor sentiment ahead of the corporate earnings season.

Dear Trader… Indian equity benchmarks continued to trade in high spirit in today session, on account of broad based buying in blue chip counters. Traders were energized as foreign investors turned net buyers after a gap of eight days of being net sellers. The foreign portfolio investors bought equities worth