While the Sensex closed 209 points higher at 35,692 level, the Nifty ended at 10,842, a gain of 56 points. Both the indices closed at over their four month highs after starting the day in positive territory.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, now on a trip to the Middle East, USA and Canada to attract foreign investments into the state, has managed investment commitments in ports, infrastructure and urban housing -- including slum redevelopments projects -- from the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) key decision makers and business leaders.

The Sensex surrendered early gains to close modestly higher at 35,483.47 today amid mixed global cues. Optimistic buying in blue-chip stocks ahead of release of industrial production data for April also drove stocks higher, particularly in early trade. Global investors were keenly monitoring developments around the historic US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12. The Sensex had opened on a healthy note at 35,472.59 and rose to the day's high of 35,704.84 on unabated buying ...

However, towards the fag-end, profit-booking erased most gains and the index finished at 35,483.47, up 39.80 points, or 0.11 per cent. The 50-share NSE Nifty, which reclaimed the 10,800-mark intra-day, settled at 10,786.95, showing a gain of 19.30 points, or 0.18 per cent. Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma and Dr Reddy's were the top Sensex gainers.

Banking stocks led the gains on benchmark indices with BSE bankex rising 559 points to 28529 level. Other major gainers among the BSE sectoral indexes were capital goods (1.40%) and oil and gas index (1.05%).

Speaking alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the founding conference of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), he said there are financing and regulation hurdles for achieving the target which need to be cleared by government, private sector and civil society coming together.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants India to be one of the key partners in the region, and a credible partner, in terms of security, in order to have \"liberty of sovereignty\".

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, speaking during the event, said Reliance Jio would be present in every single village of the state by the 2018-end.

The project, which also includes several ancillary hubs that'll be required in the facility, will be spread over 157 acre of land in Palghar district, which is around 140km from Mumbai.

If Mumbai, the 'crown jewel', continues to groan under its weight, it will drive away investors,\" Mahindra said, addressing the 'Magnetic Maharashtra' Global Investors Summit in suburban Bandra.