The Nifty index also holds on to crucial 22000 level and closed at 22,096 up by 84 points from yesterday’s close.
Top gainers of the day were Hero Motocorp up by 3.84 per cent at Rs 4,692; Maruti Suzuki up by 3.55 per cent and closed at Rs 12,336.20; Apollo Hospital up 3.01 per cent at Rs 6,370 and Sun Pharma closed at Rs 1,608.90 up by 2.79 per cent.
However, the IT stocks remained in red mainly after IT major Accenture lowered its guidance. On the BSE TCS closed down 1.53 per cent at Rs 3,913; Infosys down by 2.98 per cent at Rs 1,508 while Wipro closed at Rs 487 down by 2.73 per cent.
(With UNI inputs)