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Indian equities closed higher for the second straight day on Wednesday, led by gains in banks, auto, metal and realty stocks.

The Sensex rose 611.55 points to close the day at 56,930.56, while the Nifty was up 184.70 points or 1.10% at 16,955.50.

On the Nifty, Hindalco Industries, Tata Motors, Divis Laboratories, Bajaj Finance and Eicher Motors were among the top gainers, while Power Grid Corporation, SBI Life Insurance, Wipro, Adani Ports and IOC fell the most.

All sectoral indices ended in the green with auto, bank, realty, capital goods, pharma, oil &gas, power, and metal indices up 1-3%. BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added over 1% each.