The Sensex opened with a huge negative gap of 228 points at 14,957 owing to weakness in the global markets.
The index touched a day's low of 14,748 - down 437 points from its previous close.
The index recovered smartly in late noon deals and touched a day's high of 15,271 - swung 523 points intraday.
Consumer durables and oil & gas stocks gained 1.7% and 1.4%, respectively, while IT stocks lost 0.3%.
The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 65 points at 15,250.
The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,674 stocks traded, 1,481 advanced, 1,109 declined, and 84 were unchanged.
The NSE Nifty moved up 16 points at 4,539.
BHEL gained 2.5% to Rs 1,519, while Reliance Infrastructure has moved up 2.4% to Rs 1,046.
Tata Steel and SBI advanced 2.% each to Rs 857 and Rs 1,340, respectively.
Wipro added 2.1% to Rs 483. Larsen & Toubro was up 1.9% at Rs 2,703.
Jaiprakash Associates and Bharti Airtel inched around 1.6% each at Rs 186 and Rs 820, respectively.
Reliance gained nearly 1% to Rs 2,282.
Grasim, Mahindra & Mahindra and Hindalco were the other prominent gainers.
Ranbaxy plunged 3.1% at Rs 543. DLF declined 2.6% to Rs 498. Ambuja Cements slipped 2.6% at Rs 86.
HDFC Bank dropped 1.8% to Rs 1,164. NTPC shed 1.3% to Rs 163.
Infosys was down nearly 1% at Rs 1,877. HDFC lost 0.7% to Rs 2,172. Cipla, ACC and TCS were down 0.5% each to Rs 217, Rs 632 and Rs 888, respectively.
The index touched a day's low of 14,748 - down 437 points from its previous close.
The index recovered smartly in late noon deals and touched a day's high of 15,271 - swung 523 points intraday.
Consumer durables and oil & gas stocks gained 1.7% and 1.4%, respectively, while IT stocks lost 0.3%.
The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 65 points at 15,250.
The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,674 stocks traded, 1,481 advanced, 1,109 declined, and 84 were unchanged.
The NSE Nifty moved up 16 points at 4,539.
BHEL gained 2.5% to Rs 1,519, while Reliance Infrastructure has moved up 2.4% to Rs 1,046.
Tata Steel and SBI advanced 2.% each to Rs 857 and Rs 1,340, respectively.
Wipro added 2.1% to Rs 483. Larsen & Toubro was up 1.9% at Rs 2,703.
Jaiprakash Associates and Bharti Airtel inched around 1.6% each at Rs 186 and Rs 820, respectively.
Reliance gained nearly 1% to Rs 2,282.
Grasim, Mahindra & Mahindra and Hindalco were the other prominent gainers.
Ranbaxy plunged 3.1% at Rs 543. DLF declined 2.6% to Rs 498. Ambuja Cements slipped 2.6% at Rs 86.
HDFC Bank dropped 1.8% to Rs 1,164. NTPC shed 1.3% to Rs 163.
Infosys was down nearly 1% at Rs 1,877. HDFC lost 0.7% to Rs 2,172. Cipla, ACC and TCS were down 0.5% each to Rs 217, Rs 632 and Rs 888, respectively.
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