On expectations of the government announcing second stimulus package, the index bounced back on a strong rally in capital goods, realty and banking counters and crossed the 10,000-mark. The index touched a day's high of 10,070.
Profit booking in last trading session saw the index pare gains and finally settled with a gain of 55 points at 9,958.
The market breadth was positive - out of 2,600 stocks traded, 1,702 advanced, 820 declined and 78 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty moved up 13 points to close at 3,047.
Hindalco surged 3.2% to Rs 56. DLF and Reliance Infrastructure gained around 3% each to Rs 301 and Rs 630, respectively.
HDFC advanced 2.7% to Rs 1,545, while Tata Motors moved up 2.6% to Rs 175.
Reliance gained 2.4% to Rs 1,284, and Reliance Communication inched 2% at Rs 250.
Mahindra & Mahindra added 1.7% at Rs 287. ITC and ICICI Bank were up 1.5% each at Rs 174 and Rs 471, respectively.
SBI moved up 1.1% to Rs 1,330. NTPC was up nearly 1% at Rs 184.
Satyam declined 2.6% to Rs 177. Bharti Airtel slipped 2.1% to Rs 705, and Wipro dropped 2% to Rs 243.
Tata Power lost 1.7% to Rs 770. Infosys was down 1.4% at Rs 1,131.
Hindustan Unilever declined 1.3% to Rs 247. Grasim shed 1.2% to Rs 1,211. Maruti was down 1.1% at Rs 543.
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