From the 30-share Sensex pack, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Bajaj Finserv, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Steel and ICICI Bank were leading the gainers' chart.

This is one of the most well-known investment schemes offered by India Post. Under it, customers can open an account for a fixed duration.

This is for the first time that the index declined in two consecutive years, the UN agency's latest report, for 2021-2022, noted.

Chinese authorities often tout confessions by the accused in high-profile cases, which the US, UK and other human rights advocates have long cited as evidence of coercion or torture.

The federal Enforcement Directorate (ED) had launched its investigation last year into the company for suspected violations of foreign exchange regulations and froze its assets.

The 30-share barometer closed higher by 321.99 points or 0.54 per cent at a three-week high of 60,115.13, as 21 of the index constituents closed in the green. After a strong opening, the index touched a day's high of 60,284.55 and a low of 59,912.29.

Consumer prices rose 7% last month from a year earlier, data released by the statistics ministry showed Monday. That’s faster than an estimate of a 6.90% gain in a Bloomberg survey of economists and compares with a 6.71% reading in July.

British gross domestic product expanded 0.2 percent after a drop of 0.6 percent in June, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.

Speaking at a seminar organised by economic think-tank NCAER, RBI's deputy governor T Rabi Sankar said India is extemely data rich as digitalisation is growing a rapid pace.