At close, the Sensex was up 558.22 points or 1.47% at 38492.95, and the Nifty was up 168.70 points or 1.52% at 11300.50 tracking gains from its Asian peers. Ultratech Cement, Kotak Mahindra Bank, TCS, M&M, Maruti Suzuki, IndusInd Bank and Tech Mahindra were major Sensex gainers, While ICICI Bank, Nestle India, Asian Paints, ONGC and ITC were among the top Sensex losers. About 1315 shares have advanced, 1300 shares declined, and 151 shares are unchanged. The nifty Auto index gained 3.21 per cent. Nifty IT index too jumped over 2 per cent. All the sectoral indices ended in the green.BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose over 0.5 per cent each.