Closing bell:Sensex parked at 57,944, up 350 points while Nifty ended at 17,325, up 103 points

Individually, shares of Hero MotoCorp cracked over 6 per cent after reports suggested that the Income Tax Department has found that Hero MotoCorp made more than Rs 1,000 crore bogus expenses and over Rs 100- crore cash transactions for a farmhouse in Chhattarpur, Delhi.

The broader BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices, too, rose in-tandem with their large-cap peers, advancing 0.6 per each.

Adani Power was the biggest MidCap winner as the shares closed over 14 per cent higher. In 6 days, the stock of the Adani Group company has jumped nearly 441 per cent as against a half a per cent rise in the Sensex index during the period. READ MORE

Ruchi Soya was another top gainer, settling 16 per cent up, after the company clarified that the SMSes pertaining to investments in its follow-on public offering (FPO) have not been issued by the company or its promoters. READ MORE

On the contrary, JSW Energy, Emami, IDBI Capital, Future Consumer, and Future Supply Chain Solutions were the worst hit.

Sectorally, the Nifty Media index dipped over 1 per cent, followed by the Nifty PSU Bank index, down 0.7 per cent. The Nifty Pharma index added 1.5 per cent, and the Nifty Financial Services gained 1 per cent.