The NSE Nifty index was trading 129.6 points up at 16260.35, while BSE Sensex was up 488.19 points at 54311.55 at the time of writing this report.
In the Nifty index, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (up 3.71 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd. (up 2.31 per cent), Shree Cements Ltd. (up 2.11 per cent), Tata Steel Ltd. (up 1.94 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (up 1.71 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While Bharti Airtel Ltd. (down 1.23 per cent), Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (down 1.18 per cent), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (down 0.76 per cent), Tech Mahindra Ltd. (down 0.62 per cent) and Grasim Industries Ltd. (down 0.47 per cent) were among the top losers in the index.