Sensex rises for fourth consecutive session

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex edged higher to a fourth consecutive session of gains on Tuesday as domestic-oriented stocks such as Sesa Sterlite rose on continued hopes that the incoming government would revive the economy, while IT stocks rebounded after recent sharp falls.

Sesa Sterlite Ltd provisionally surged 8 percent.

Infosys unofficially rose 2.8 percent after falling 7.9 percent in the last two sessions, while Tata Consultancy Services gained 1.2 percent.

The benchmark BSE Sensex provisionally closed 0.06 percent higher, while the broader Nifty gained 0.16 percent.

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)