The NSE Nifty index was trading 29.1 points up at 17352.7, while BSE Sensex was up 181.79 points at 58311.74 at the time of writing this report.
In the Nifty index, Reliance Industries Ltd. (up 3.08 per cent), Grasim Industries Ltd. (up 2.19 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (up 1.30 per cent), Shree Cements Ltd. (up 1.10 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (up 0.92 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While Tata Steel Ltd. (down 1.00 per cent), Coal India Ltd. (down 0.85 per cent), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (down 0.84 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (down 0.83 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (down 0.83 per cent) were among the top losers in the index.