NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Sensex bounced back after falling for four consecutive days on Tuesday, led by gains in ICICI Bank, L&T, HDFC Bank and Sun Pharma Ltd.
Tracking the momentum, the 50-share Nifty index reclaimed its crucial psychological level of 6200, aided by gains in capital goods, banking, consumer durable and realty stocks.
At 09:20 a.m.; the 50-share index was trading at 6217.60, up 26 points or 0.42 per cent. It touched a high of 6,221.50 and a low of 6,203.60 in early trade today.
The S&P BSE Sensex was trading at 20,876.43, up 90 points or 0.4 per cent. It touched a high of 20,890.48 and a low of 20,839.61 in trade today.
The S&P BSE Midcap Index was up 0.50 per cent and BSE S&P Smallcap Index edged higher by 0.73 per cent.
On the sectoral front, the BSE Consumer Durable index was up 1.08 per cent, followed by the BSE Capital Goods Index which was trading 0.80 per cent higher, the BSE Banking index gains 0.78 per cent and the BSE Power index was trading 0.5 per cent higher.
The IT Index was the only loser among the BSE sectoral indices, down 0.20 per cent.
Maruti Suzuki (up 1.6 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 1.5 per cent), GAIL (up 1.1 per cent), Sun Pharma (up 1.02 per cent) and L&T (0.96 per cent) were among the major Sensex gainers.
Wipro (down 0.6 per cent), Infosys (down 0.37 per cent), TCS (down 0.34 per cent), DRL (down 0.04 per cent) and Tata Power (0.18 per cent) were among the index losers.
Asian shares were steady after four straight days of losses ahead of minutes of the Fed's December policy meeting, due out on Jan 8, and the European Central Bank's policy gathering on Thursday.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index was trading 0.27 per cent lower at 15,865.50 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was trading 0.2 per cent higher at 22,726.12.
South Korea's Kospi index was trading 0.3 per cent higher at 1,959. China's Shanghai index was trading 0.45 per cent lower at 2,036.
