Mumbai, Apr 3: The BSE Sensex advanced on Tuesday by 115.27 points to end volatile session on positive note at 33,370.63 on back of renewed buying in select stocks such as Power, Bankex, Industrials, Finance and Utilities.
The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) also edged higher by 33.20 points to 10,245.00.
Key benchmark indices alternately swung between positive and negative zones in mid-afternoon trade.
The Sensex, which had risen by 286 points on Monday, went down by 58 points to 33,197.42 in the morning trade. It then slid further by 102 points to hit the day's low of 33,153.83 before noon. It reversed early losses and gained by 147 points to hit the day's high of 33,402.94 in late trade, before closing at 33,370.63, up by 115.27 points as compared to its last close.
The Nifty registered the day's high and low at 10,255.35 and 10,171.05 points, respectively.
The sectoral indices like Utilities, Bankex, Power, Industrials and Finance increased. They were supported by scrips of ICICI Bank, M&M, Tata Motors DVR and Yes Bank which kept the market up for another day.
The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose by 0.92 per cent. The Small-Cap index climbed by 1.35 pc. Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.
The market breadth was stronger on the BSE, as 1,849 shares advanced and 794 others declined while 144 were unchanged.
The sectoral indices that moved up were Power up by 1.57 pc, Utilities by 1.13 pc, Bankex by 1.08 pc, Industrials by 0.96 pc, Materials by 0.84 pc and Finance by 0.74 pc.
While, IT by 0.24 pc and Technology by 0.08 pc, edged lower.
Private lender ICICI Bank gained by 2.94 pc, M&M by 2.92 pc and Yes Bank by 2.11 pc.
Telecom stocks rose. Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) went up by 1.24 pc, Bharti Airtel by 1.76 pc and MTNL by 2.07 pc.
Shares of Bharti Infratel edged higher by 0.09 pc. Bharti Infratel is a provider of tower and related infrastructure and is a unit of Bharti Airtel.
Private lender IndusInd Bank rose 1.32 pc after the bank announced on Tuesday the launch of a pilot with WhatsApp enterprise solution in India to communicate with its customers, becoming one of the first banks to participate in the WhatsApp pilot. UNI
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