Extending their gains for the third consecutive day in this week, Indian benchmark indices rose higher with Sensex, gaining by 1.89 per cent or 605.64 points to the level of 32,720.16 while, Nifty closed up by 1.84 per cent which is 172.45 points to reach the level of 9,553.35. Technically, Nifty was seen giving a major resistance breakout of 9,500 level as it made an intraday high at the level of 9,598.85 which eventually indicates the strengthening of the index.