At close, the Sensex was up 465.86 points or 1.29% at 36487.28, while Nifty up 156.30 points or 1.47% at 10763.70 on Strong global cues and encouraging business update by certain companies for Q1F20-21 boosted investor sentiment..M&M, Baja Finance, RIL and Tata Motors were major gainers in the Sensex pack, while losers include Bajaj Auto, Bharti Airtel, HDFC and Gail were major losers. About 1596 shares have advanced, 1144 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged. Nifty Auto gained 2.88% and Nifty metal gained 2.47%. Except for pharma, all other indices ended higher.BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose over 1 per cent each.