Mumbai, Nov 8 (Agency) The Indian equity benchmark Sensex and Nifty closed in a green territory logging smart gains due to consistent buying in financial and IT shares. Switching between gains and losses in a volatile session, the Sensex ended at 60,545.61, up 477.99 points or 0.80 per cent while Nifty at 18,068.55, up 151.75 points or 0.55 points. The Sensex registered days high and low at 60,609.16 and 59,779.19 pts respectively. The Nifty recorded days high and low at 18,079.80 and 17,836.10 pts respectively.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices recorded an increase of 1.3 per cent and 0.9 per cent, respectively. In a pack of 30 scrips, Titan, Balaji Finance, Tech Mahindra, Kotak Bank, HDFC were among the gainers while HCL Tech, TCS, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank were among the losers. Meanwhile, Paytm opened its initial public offering for subscription on Monday.