The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also provisionally closed with healthy gains. It was up 72 points or 0.85 percent up at 8,526.10 points.
The BSE Sensex, which opened at 28,022.14 points, provisionally closed at 28,198.01 points (3.30 p.m.), up 265.11 points or 0.95 percent from the previous day’s close at 27,932.90 points. The BSE Sensex touched a high of 28,218.37 points and a low of 27,986.48 points in the intra-day trade. (IANS)