Indian equity indices ended on strong note with Nifty around 25,600 on October 16. At close, the Sensex was up 862.23 points or 1.04 percent at 83,467.66, and the Nifty was up 261.75 points or 1.03 percent at 25,585.30. About 2206 shares advanced, 1712 shares declined, and 136 shares unchanged. Biggest Nifty gainers were Nestle India, Tata Consumer, Titan Company, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, while losers included HDFC Life, Shriram Finance, Sun Pharma, Jio Financial and Eternal.