At close, the Sensex was up 514.56 points or 1% at 51937.44, and the Nifty was up 147.10 points or 0.95% at 15582.80. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and ICICI Bank were the top Sensex gainers, followed by Bharti Airtel, ITC, Dr. Reddy’s Lab, Maruti Suzuki India, NTPC, UltraTech Cement, Asian Paints. On the flip side, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), Infosys, IndusInd Bank, L&T, Sun Pharma, Tech Mahindra were among index laggards. About 1717 shares have advanced, 1449 shares declined, and 187 shares are unchanged. The Nifty sectoral indices were mixed, with Nifty PSU bank index down 0.7 percent. While Nifty Metal index jumped over 2 percent and the Nifty Bank index was up 1.10 percent. The BSE Energy index advanced 2.5 percent, followed by the BSE Telecom and Metal indices up 1.5 percent each, and the BSE Oil and Gas index up 1.3 percent. The S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added 0.45 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively amid buying in construction material, telecom, energy, and metal