Mumbai: The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 81.41 points, to close at 17,077.18 and the 50-share Nifty went up 30.95 points to 5,158.30 on Wednesday.
Shares of Tata Motors and Coal India topped the buying list in Wednesday's trade, rising nearly 4 per cent. Tata Steel, Sterlite and Maruti gained 2.5 to 3 per cent.
Among major largecaps, Infosys, Reliance, HDFC, TCS, Bharti Airtel and SBI moved up 0.75 to1.5 per cent. However, ONGC, ICICI Bank and L&T underperformed, falling around 1 per cent.
Jindal Steel, Tata Power, Hero Motocorp and Hindalco were down 1-2 per cent.
The broader markets outperformed benchmarks - the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices went up over 1 per cent. Advancing shares outnumbered declining by 1806 to 1040 on the BSE.
Indian equities will be shut on the Republic Day on Thursday.
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