Analysts feel that unless there is an extraordinary development in the coming months, markets will remain volatile till the general elections.

Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 31.75 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 10,861.90.

RIL,HUL, ITC and Infosys were the other gainers, while HDFC Bank, HDFC, SBI, KotakMahindra Bank and ICICI Bank suffered losses in their valuation for the weekended Friday.

The BSE Sensex climbed 212.74 points, or 0.59 per cent, to finish at 36,469.43, while the broader NSE Nifty rose 62.70 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 10,893.65.

Sectorally, auto, banking, agriculture, and FMCG stocks rallied as budget measures are expected to provide a boost to sectors in domestic consumption like automobiles, consumer staples and durables, real estate, building materials, home improvement and retail-focussed banking and financials.

The 30-share Sensex was trading 506.21 points, or 1.40 per cent, higher at 36,762.90; and the 50-share Nifty inched near the 11,000 mark rallying 143.30 points, or 1.32 per cent, to 10,974.25.

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal: Fiscal deficit has come down to 3.4 per cent in revised estimate of 2018-19; current account deficit expected to be 2.5 per cent this year.

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Heavy short-covering on expiry of January series futures and options (F&O) contracts too buoyed the benchmarks, analysts said.

In the last five trading sessions, the DHFL share price nosedived over 40 per cent, while it lost 71.49 per cent during the last one year.