At close, the Sensex was up 193.58 points or 0.37% at 53054.76, and the Nifty was up 61.40 points or 0.39% at 15879.70. Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, and HDFC were the top gainers on Sensex. Titan, Maruti Suzuki India, and Reliance Industries were the top laggards. About 1737 shares have advanced, 1372 shares declined, and 136 shares are unchanged. The reality and metal indices rose 2 percent each. All other key sectoral indices gained up to 0.6 percent each, except the Nifty Auto index, which slipped 0.07 percent. The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices rallied 0.58 percent and 0.38 percent, respectively. India VIX closed 0.50 percent lower