ndian shares rose for the sixth straight session on Thursday, though gains were limited ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole meeting from August 21-23, where Chair Jerome Powell will speak.

The BSE Sensex was up 260 points (0.3%) at 82,119, and the NSE Nifty rose 74 points (0.3%) to 25,126.

CICI Bank, Trent, Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, BEL, and Bajaj FinServ gained over 1%.

India Cements jumped 3.2% as UltraTech Cement is selling 20.1 million shares at a floor price of Rs. 368 each.

Clean Science and Technology rose 2% after promoters Ashok Boob and Krishna Boob planned to sell up to 24% stake via block deals.

Bharti Hexacom gained 1% after shareholder approval to sell mobile towers to a sister company for Rs. 1,134 crore.

RailTel climbed 2.2% after getting a Rs. 35 crore work order from Kerala State IT Mission.

Godrej Properties rose 2.4% after agreeing to acquire a 7% stake in Godrej Skyline Developers.