The NSE Nifty index was trading 141.55 points up at 16846.75, while BSE Sensex was up 477.11 points at 56601.83 at the time of writing this report.
In the Nifty index, Tata Steel Ltd. (up 3.38 per cent), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (up 2.92 per cent), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (up 2.37 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd. (up 2.31 per cent) and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (up 2.21 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While Nestle India Ltd. (down 0.49 per cent), Wipro Ltd. (down 0.45 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd. (down 0.43 per cent), Infosys Ltd. (down 0.04 per cent) and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (down 0.01 per cent) were among the top losers in the index.