On the global front, key indices from Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore ended firm, while those from China, South Korea and Taiwan finished lower.
Rally in the rupee value to near 63.50 against the dollar also aided the uptrend.
On the global front, key indices from Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore ended firm, while those from China, South Korea and Taiwan finished lower.
European stocks, however, were trading firm in their late morning deals. The France CAC was up by 0.54%, Germany DAX by 0.47% and the UK FTSE by 0.43%.
The Dow Jones rose 1.06% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq surged 1.39% yesterday. Moreover, S&P 500 index logged its new closing peak.
Back home, Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 73.75 crore yesterday, as per provisional data. "...all was not good in this week as FIIs booked some profit and were the net sellers of the shares worth Rs 1,304 crore till Thursday as concern over tax issue related to FIIs remained unsolved," said Jignesh Chaudhary, Head of Research at Veracity Broking Services.
Out of 30 Sensex stocks, 16 ended in the positive zone. Major gainers were SBI (2.39%), HDFC (1.80%), Bharti Airtel (1.80%), M&M (1.42%), Infosys (1.30%) and Axis Bank (0.80%).
While NTPC was biggest loser on the day with a fall of 2.05%, followed by Vedanta 2.01%, Coal India 0.85% and ICICI Bank 0.76%.
Among the BSE sectoral indices, consumer durables rose by 0.81%, followed by teck 0.69%, FMCG 0.67%, healthcare 0.65%, IT 0.65% and auto 0.59%.
However, realty fell 1.33%, while Metal dipped 1.05%.
Total market breadth remained positive as 1,455 stocks ended higher, while 1,234 stocks finished lower with 115 ruling steady.
The total turnover fell to Rs 2,533 crore from Rs 2,965.41 crore yesterday.
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