The NSE Nifty index was trading 66.85 points up at 17301.0, while BSE Sensex was up 228.07 points at 58080.61 at the time of writing this report.
In the Nifty index, Eicher Motors Ltd. (up 4.07 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (up 2.55 per cent), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (up 1.85 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (up 1.83 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (up 1.82 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. (down 3.00 per cent), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (down 0.82 per cent), Shree Cements Ltd. (down 0.47 per cent), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (down 0.43 per cent) and UltraTech Cement Ltd. (down 0.40 per cent) were among the top losers in the index.