Indian equities benchmarks rose for the seventh consecutive session on Tuesday, aided by financials stocks on strong quarterly updates, ahead of corporate earnings for the March quarter.

Dear Trader… Domestic equity indices NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex closed in the green on Tuesday, extending gains for the seventh day. Nifty closed at 17,788 up 106 points, while Sensex settled at the 60,157 level, up by 311 points. The banking stocks index, Bank Nifty gained 1.3% to close