<h1>Benchmark indices climb fourth straight day as conglomerates, auto and ports lead; financials and tech lag amid reforms, FII inflows</h1> Benchmark equity indices rose for a fourth consecutive day, with the 30-share index up about 371 points to settle near 81,644 and the 50-share index up roughly 104 points to about 24,981, led by gains in major conglomerates, an automaker and a ports operator; financial and tech stocks lagged. Markets were buoyed by government plans for substantive GST reforms by Diwali, a recent sovereign credit upgrade, easing geopolitical tensions and net foreign institutional buying of about Rs 551 crore. Global cues were mixed, oil prices eased and Asian peers largely fell while European markets traded higher.