At close, the Sensex was up 448.96 points or 0.76% at 59,411.08, and the Nifty was up 146.90 points or 0.85% at 17,450.90, as investors picked up beaten-down shares after eight straight days of fall. The top gainers on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises, Hindalco, UPL, State Bank of India, and IndusInd Bank while the losers were Britannia, Power Grid, Cipla, BPCL, and HDFC Bank. The broader indices outperformed, both BSE Midcap and Smallcap were up 1.4 percent each. The overall breadth too was fairly positive, with more than two shares advancing for every single declining stock on the BSE.
Among sectors, the BSE Metal index surged 2.6 percent and was the top gainer. The Bankex, IT, Capital Goods, and Realty indices also advanced over a percent each.