Mumbai, Oct 11 (TIWN) India's key equity indices -- S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 -- made gains during Monday's mid-afternoon trade session.

In the process, Nifty50 breached the 18,000 points-mark. It touched a record high of 18,041.95 points during the intraday trade.  According to senior analysts, positive global cues along with expectations of healthy Q2FY22 results buoyed sentiments.