Indian equity benchmarks ended higher on Tuesday with Sensex rising over 550 points and Nifty future over 170 points due to support from Pharma, Auto and Financial stocks.

Dear Trader… Markets gained for the second consecutive day amid supportive global cues.  The benchmark witnessed a gap up start and continued to trade with positive bias throughout the day. Gains in frontline blue chip stocks such as Indusind Bank, Bajaj Finance and Titan Co also helped lift the markets.