Sensex zooms nearly 300 points, Nifty ends at 10,580

New Delhi: Rising for the third straight day, stock markets closed on a positive note on Tuesday with Sensex and Nifty posting over half a percent gains on easing global crude prices and positive cues from Asian markets.

The Benchmark BSE Sensex jumped 297.38 points or 0.85 percent to 35,162.48. Similarly the NSE edged up 72.25 points or 0.69 percent at 10,584.75.

Intra-day the 30-share barometer oscillated between a high of 35,215.79 and low of 34,913.06.

Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth Rs 294.78 crore, while foreign institutional investors invested Rs 67.86 crore on Monday, as per provisional data