Indian shares end higher -----

BENGALURU, Sept 5 (Reuters): Indian shares closed higher on Monday on gains in metals and banking stocks after logging their second straight weekly loss in the previous session.

The NSE Nifty 50 index was up 0.72 per cent at 17,665.80 at close, and the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.75 per cent to 59,245.98.

Most of the major Nifty sub-indexes settled higher, with the metal, private bank and bank indexes among the top performers, rising between 1 per cent and 1.7 per cent.

Helping sentiment, foreign investors bought about $245 million worth of Indian equities this month through Friday, Refinitiv data showed, after pouring $6.44 billion last month to mark their biggest monthly net buying since December 2020.