Indian benchmark indices ended on a positive note with Nifty above 22,100.
At close, the Sensex was up 526.01 points or 0.73 percent at 72,996.31, and the Nifty was up 119points or 0.54 percent at 22,123.70. About 1564 shares advanced, 2130 shares declined, and 104 shares unchanged.
Biggest gainers on the Nifty were Reliance Industries, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance and Titan Company, while losers included Hero MotoCorp, Tata Consumer Products, Apollo Hospitals, Dr Reddy’s Labs and Wipro.
Among sectors, auto, bank, capital goods, power, realty, telecom up 0.5-1 percent, while metal, IT, media down 0.3-0.5 percent.
BSE Midcap index ended on a flat note and Smallcap index rose 0.7 percent.
