At Close, the Sensex closed 255 points, or 0.48 percent, higher at 53,158.85 while the Nifty settled with a gain of 70 points, or 0.44 percent, and hits fresh closing high at 15,924.20.L&T, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Infosys, RIL, HUL were among top Sensex gainers. Titan Company, Mahindra and Mahindra, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), Asian Paints, ITC, Maruti were top index laggards. Nifty Realty emerged as the top sectoral gainer, closing 4.20 percent higher, followed by Nifty IT which rose 1.29 percent. Nifty Auto down 0.40 percent, media down 0.35 percent, PSU bank down 0.33 percent, and pharma down 0.27 percent. The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added 0.3 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively.