At close, the Sensex was up 177.72 points or 0.50% at 36021.42, and the Nifty was up 55.70 points or 0.53% at 10607.40. Bajaj-Auto, Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, L&T, Power Grid and Nestle India were major gainers in the Sensex pack, while losers include Tata Steel, HDFC, Bajaj Finance, M&M, Maruti Suzuki. About 1333 shares have advanced, 1359 shares declined, and 148 shares are unchanged. Nifty FMCG and Nifty IT were top sectoral gainers, up 0.91 per cent and 0.60 per cent, respectively. The Nifty PSU Bank index was down 1 per cent. Except for bank and metal other sectoral indices ended in the green. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended higher.