At Close, the Sensex was up 177.04 points or 0.28% at 62,681.84, and the Nifty was up 55.20 points or 0.30% at 18,618, for the sixth straight trading session, with FMCG, select IT, and pharma stocks taking the lead in trades on Tuesday. Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharma, Nestle, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy, and Tata Steel lead the BSE Sensex rally, while IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti, Powergrid, Asian Paints, and Larsen & Toubro anchored the gains. About 1653 shares have advanced, 1717 shares declined, and 147 are unchanged. The NSE Midcap and Smallcap were down 0.5 percent each. Sectorally, the gains were led by Nifty FMCG and Nifty Metal which outshined the other indices. FMCG, Pharma, and Metal indices rose 0.5-1 percent least performing among the lot were Nifty Auto, Nifty Oil & gas, and Nifty Realty.