Continuing the positive momentum for the third straight day in sync with global markets, the Indian stock market ended Saturday’s special session on a positive note with Sensex ending above the 74,000 level and Nifty crossing the 22,500 mark. Both Sensex and Nifty closed with 0.1 percent gains in a special trading session.

Volumes were low in the market on Saturday as it was a special trading day as part of a disaster recovery exercise. The session was divided into two parts – from 09:15 am to 10 am and 11:45 am-12:40 pm.

At close, the Sensex was up 88 points or 0.12 percent at 74,005, and the Nifty was up 35 points or 0.16 percent at 22,502. The market breadth was in favour of gainers as around 2,359 shares advanced, 998 shares declined, and 130 shares unchanged.