Indian equity benchmarks extended gains from previous trading sessions on Friday to post their fourth weekly addition, fuelled by metal and energy stocks, while investors awaited domestic inflation data for July.

Dear Trader… Local equity benchmarks managed to keep their head above water in today deals with both Sensex and Nifty future were close above 59400 and 17700 levels, respectively. Buying was witnessed in Oil & Gas, Energy and Metal stocks, while selling was observed in TECK, IT and Healthcare stocks.