Indian equities continued to gain  for the third day on Thursday. At 11.27., the Sensex was trading up 926.04 points or 3.25% at 29,461.82 with 19 components gaining.  Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 213.80 points or 2.57% at 8,531.65 with 30 components gaining.

Major gainers in the 30-share index were Indusind Bank  (41.52%), Axis Bank  (13.41%), Housing Development Finance Corporation  (7.65%), Bajaj Auto  (6.82%), Infosys  (6.44%),  and Bajaj Finance  (6.35%).

 On the other hand, NTPC  (2.82%), Maruti Suzuki India  (1.07%), Tata Power Company  (0.57%), H C L Technologies  (0.56%), Mahindra & Mahindra  (0.38%),  and Reliance Industries  (0.28%) were the major losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was positive with 1,207 advances against 416 declines.