It ended the day with gains of 329 points or 1.20 percent.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also provisionally closed with gains. It rose by 114.65 points or 1.38 percent up at 8,433.65 points.
The BSE Sensex, which opened at 27,553.03 points, closed the day’s trade at 27,836.11 points (at 3.35 p.m.), up 329.40 points or 1.20 percent from the previous day’s close at 27,506.71 points. The BSE Sensex touched a high of 27,888.32 points and a low of 27,467.23 points in the intra-day trade.