Nifty marks nearly 2-1/2-week closing high

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Nifty rose for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday to its highest close in nearly two-and-a-half weeks as blue-chips such as ICICI Bank rose, tracking higher Asian stocks on hopes soft economic data globally would lead to continued policy stimulus.

ICICI Bank Ltd provisionally rose 1.8 percent while Larsen & Toubro Ltd ended higher 2.1 percent.

The broader Nifty provisionally gained 0.6 percent, also marking a weekly gain of 2.86 percent, its first in three.

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Anupama Dwivedi)