03/03/2010 00:00 AST

Automobile and metal stocks helped the Sensex, the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share index, rise about 2 per cent on Tuesday after a three-day post-Budget break, with foreign investor inflows and firm global markets adding to general market approval for Pranab Mukherjee's 2010-11 Budget.

The gains were led by Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Hindalco, ICICI Bank and ITC, in anticipation of an expansion in consumer demand after the finance minister rejigged tax slabs to raise disposable incomes. Shares of auto companies, in particular, jumped on reports of record monthly sales in February.

Most realty stocks, including DLF, India's largest listed realtor, bucked the trend on concerns of service tax impositions announced in the Budget.

The BSE Sensex rose 343 points or 2.1 per cent to close at 16,772 and the broader 50-share S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was up 95 points or 1.92 per cent to close at 5,017.

Mid- and small-cap indexes were up 2.20 and 2.33 per cent on BSE respectively, portraying a broad market rally.

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