Healthy buying was witnessed in banking, consumer durables and capital goods sectors.
The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 27,857.80 points, provisionally closed at 27,942.11 points (at 3.30 p.m.) -- up 126.93 points or 0.46 per cent from the previous close at 27,815.18 points.
It touched a high of 27,967.77 points and a low of 27,763.15 points during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was tilted in favour of the bulls -- with 1,566 advances and 1,069 declines.
The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) edged up to 8,565 points -- up 45.50 points or 0.53 per cent.
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