Sensex rises for second session on above-average monsoon forecast

REUTERS - India's stock markets rose for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, led by companies with big rural sales such as Hero MotoCorp , which gained after the country's only private weather forecaster said 2016 monsoon rains were likely to be above average.

The broader Nifty rose 0.49 percent to 7,708.95 points, while the benchmark Sensex rose 0.49 percent to 25,145.59 points.

Hero MotoCorp rose 2.52 percent.

(Reporting by Aastha Agnihotri in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)