Rising for the fourth straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange gained 67 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at its highest level in two years, at 17,711, today. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange added 21 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,303.Stock markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea ended mixed. Meanwhile, Asian stock markets ended mixed, today, with China's markets surging after the launch date for stock index futures was set, but Japanese shares were pressured by ex-dividend selling ahead of the end of the fiscal year. So Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.1% from last Friday's 18-month closing high; and South Korea's Kospi lost 0.3%. But China's Shanghai Composite index rose 2.1%; Hong Kong's Hang Seng index advanced 0.9%; and Singapore's Straits Times index rose 0.8%.European shares rose, with deal and dividend speculation boosting wireless-telecom firm Vodafone Group. Key benchmark indices in Germany, France and Britain were up between 0.5% and 0.8% in intra-day trade, today.