Sensex Surges Over 450 Points, Nifty Ends Above 17,500 Led by Reliance

Indian equity benchmarks surged on Thursday as November futures and option contracts expired led by gains in index heavyweights like Reliance Industries, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, ITC, Bharti Airtel and Tech Mahindra. The benchmarks opened lower but soon gave up intraday losses with Sensex rising as much as 758 points from the day's lowest level and Nifty 50 reclaimed its important psychological level of 17,500 after h...