The Indian benchmark indices witnessed a rise on Thursday as the Sensex gained 579 points to close at 77,502 and the Nifty closed 169 points higher to settle at 24,175 at 3:30 PM.

Previously, during the early morning session, the Sensex opened trading above 77,100, climbing more than 200 points, while the NSE benchmark Nifty50 rang the opening bell near 24,100, inching up almost 70 points, as of 9:15 AM.