Sensex gains for fourth day; RIL, Sun Pharma lead

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex inched higher for the fourth session on Tuesday with select blue-chips including Reliance Industries gaining on optimism about delivering good numbers while Sun Pharmaceuticals rose after a report of a price hike by a unit.

Reliance Industries gained 2.14 percent while Sun Pharmaceutical Industries ended 5 percent higher.

Reliance Communications Ltd gained 16.9 percent after signing a 12-billion-rupee pact with Reliance Jio Infocomm, a unit of Reliance Industries.

The Sensex provisionally gained 0.93 percent, while the Nifty ended up 0.77 percent.

(Reporting by Manoj Dharra; Editing by Anand Basu)