The index moved in a range of 210 points between 9,712 (low) and 9,922 (high) before finally settling with a gain of 256 points at 9,903.
All the sectoral indices were up today.
The market breadth was positive - out of 2,560 stocks traded, 2,001 advanced, 493 declined and 66 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 74 points at 3,033.
Reliance Communication zoomed 8% to Rs 245. Tata Motors soared 7.5% to Rs 171. Satyam Surged 7.2% to Rs 182.
Wipro was up 6.2% at Rs 248, while Larsen & Toubro gained 6.1% to Rs 822.
Sterlite and Reliance Infrastructure moved up 5.7% each to Rs 276 and Rs 612, respectively. Maruti advanced 5.6% to Rs 549.
Tata Steel and Jaiprakash Associates were up 5.5% each to Rs 229 and Rs 87, respectively.
Hindalco closed at Rs 54 - up nearly 5%. Tata Power advanced 4.7% to Rs 784. TCS and ACC gained around 3.8% each to Rs 497 and Rs 496, respectively.
ICICI Bank and DLF were up 3.5% each at Rs 464 and Rs 292, respectively. BHEL and Mahindra & Mahindra added 2.8% each to Rs 1,401 and Rs 283, respectively.
Infosys, ONGC and SBI were the other prominent gainers today.
Ranbaxy declined 1% to Rs 250. ITC was down marginally at Rs 171.
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