The NSE Nifty index was trading 73.05 points up at 17896.0, while BSE Sensex was up 268.26 points at 60153.62 at the time of writing this report.
In the Nifty index, Asian Paints Ltd. (up 4.08 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd. (up 3.43 per cent), Grasim Industries Ltd. (up 2.95 per cent), Wipro Ltd. (up 2.32 per cent) and Infosys Ltd. (up 2.12 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While JSW Steel Ltd. (down 2.40 per cent), Tata Steel Ltd. (down 1.72 per cent), State Bank of India (down 1.06 per cent), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (down 0.92 per cent) and Bajaj Finance Ltd. (down 0.77 per cent) were among the top losers in the index.