Sensex scales 56,000, Nifty firm above 16,600 led by metals, financial stocks

Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 jumped on Tuesday amid positive global cues. Banking and financial services shares were in high demand, pushing the indices towards their all-time highs registered last week. However, weakness in FMCG and some IT shares limited the trend. Broader markets jumped, outperforming the headline indices.