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Equity benchmark indices closed over 0.7 per cent higher on August 24 with metals and banking stocks gathering most of the gains. At the closing bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 403 points or 0.73 per cent at 55,959 while the Nifty 50 rose by 128 points or 0.78 per cent to 16,625.