At close, the Sensex was up 222.80 points or 0.73% at 30602.61, and the Nifty was up 67.50 points or 0.76% at 8992.80 after two days losing streak and ended higher in the volatile session on April 16. Wipro fell as much as 6 per cent after posting muted growth in its revenue and profit numbers for the fourth quarter of the last financial year.HCL Tech, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, and Hero MotoCorp were the top losers while gainers include NTPC, Vedanta, ICICI Bank, Hindalco and Titan. About 1596 shares have advanced, 743 shares declined, and 148 shares are unchanged.
The Nifty Metal and Nifty Pharma indexes, both up 2 per cent each, were the top gainers. The S&P BSE MidCap index and the SmallCap index were both up 1 per cent each