#Sensex surges 363 points to end at 3-week high

The benchmark BSE Sensex rose for the second straight day today by surging 363 points to close at over three-week high of 27,687.30 mainly led by gains in consumer durables, oil&gas and healthcare stocks.

Forecast of timely monsoon coupled with the government containing fiscal deficit at 4.00 per cent of the GDP for 2014-15 boosted the market sentiment, traders said.