In yet another volatile session, the Indian equity indices ended higher on April 26, amid buying seen in most of the sectoral indices.
At close, the Sensex was up 169.87 points or 0.28 percent at 60,300.58, and the Nifty was up 44.30 points or 0.25 percent at 17,813.60.
On the back of weak global cues, the domestic market opened on a flat note and witnessed range-bound trading during the day. However, the final hour buying helped to close near the day’s high.
Top gainers on the Nifty included Power Grid Corporation, Nestle India, Tata Consumer Products, IndusInd Bank and L&T, while losers were Hindalco Industries, Adani Ports, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finserv and NTPC.
Metal index is down 0.5 percent, while realty, capital goods, auto, power, FMCG, PSU Bank, and information technology indices are up 0.4-1 percent.
The BSE midcap index added 0.27 percent and smallcap index gained 0.34 percent.
KEI Industries, Rail Vikas Nigam, Marksans Pharma, Anant Raj, Saksoft, Siemens, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Surya Roshni, among the touched that tocuhed their 52-week highs on the BSE.
(With inputs from agencies)