Sensex jumps 750 points, Nifty 50 ends a shade below 24,000; what drove the stock market today?

The 30-share pack Sensex jumped 776 points, or 1.02%, to end at 76,835.78, while the NSE counterpart Nifty 50 ended with a healthy gain of 229 points, or 0.96%, at 23,995.95.