Fresh buying in late trades saw the index rally past the 10,000-mark to a high of 10,009. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 145 points at 9,977.
The BSE PSU index soared 5% to 5,129, and the Oil & Gas index surged 3.3% to 6,554.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,581 stocks traded, 1,866 advanced, 648 declined and the rest were unchanged today.
ONGC soared 6% to Rs 714. Grasim surged over 4.5% to Rs 1,228.
ACC and Tata Motors rallied 4.3% each to Rs 536 and Rs 165, respectively.
HDFC Bank advanced over 4% to Rs 984. Reliance and NTPC moved up 3.5% each to Rs 1,387 and Rs 174, respectively.
SBI gained 2.8% at Rs 1,238. Ranbaxy and TCS added 2.5% each to Rs 219 and Rs 481, respectively.
Infosys, Wipro and BHEL were up 2% each at Rs 1,123, Rs 239 and Rs 1,401, respectively.
Sterlite slumped 7% to Rs 286. HDFC plunged over 4% to Rs 1,545.
Reliance Infrastructure tumbled 2.5% to Rs 637. Reliance Communications shed over 2% to Rs 234.
DLF and Larsen & Toubro slipped 1.3% each to Rs 277 and Rs 810, respectively.
Tata Steel and Mahindra & Mahindra were down 1% each at Rs 225 and Rs 300, respectively.
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