After opening with a positive gap of 61 points, the index touched a low of 13,627, and then began to move up. Metal, energy and banking stocks witnessed fresh buying which led the index to a high of 13,841 - up 270 points from the previous close.
The index retreated from higher levels in late noon deals and dipped to a low of 13,593 - down 248 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 122 points at 13,692.
The market breadth was positive - out of 2,679 stocks traded, 1,349 advanced, 1,241 declined and 89 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty was up34 points at 4,161.
Sterlite surged 8.8% to Rs 489. HDFC Bank and Tata Steel rallied above 3.5% each to Rs 1,283 and Rs 487, respectively.
Reliance Infrastructure and Satyam were up 2.7% each at Rs 888 and Rs 340, respectively.
Grasim and BHEL advanced 2.5% each at Rs 1,937 and Rs 1,666, respectively. Reliance Industries was up 2.3% at Rs 2,056. Bharti Airtel gained 2.1% at Rs 811. Mahindra and Mahindra advanced 1.6% at Rs 558.
DLF, State Bank of India and Reliance Communications gained above 1.2% each at Rs 400, Rs 1,522 and Rs 371, respectively.
Hindustan Unilever, Larsen & Toubro, Maruti, Hindalco, ONGC, Jaiprakash Associates and TCS gained less than one per cent.
Wipro plunged 5% to Rs 371. Tata Motors dipped 1.6% to Rs 388. Infosys was down 1.3% at Rs 1,523. TCS shed 1% at Rs 713.
HDFC, NTPC, ITC and Maruti lost less than one per cent.
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