REUTERS - India's stock markets gained 2 percent on Thursday, their biggest single-day percentage gain in seven-and-a-half months, as upbeat global equity markets sparked a wave of bargain-hunting ahead of the expiry of derivative contracts.
The benchmark BSE Sensex ended up 2.01 percent, while the broader Nifty closed higher 2.02 percent, their biggest single-day percentage gain since Jan. 15.
(Reporting by Karen Rebelo in Mumbai; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
