Domestic benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, were trading with gains as counting for the keenly-contested US presidential election was underway.

The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 742 points, or 0.93 percent, to 80,219, while the NSE Nifty50 added 207 points, or 0.86 percent, to 24,421, when the reports last came in.