The broader markets, too, traded on a firm note as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 rose up to 0.9 per cent.
All sectors swimmed in a sea of green. Nifty Media, Nifty Realty, Nifty IT, and Nifty Metal indices gained the most, in the range of 1 per cent to 2 per cent.
While L&T, Infosys, Sun Pharma, Tata Steel, contributed to the gains in benchmark indices; Bajaj Finance, HDFC Twins, HUL, weighed the indices down.
Among individual stocks, shares of SpiceJet advanced over 6 per cent after the Centre allowed the airline to avail loan up to Rs 1,500 crore under ECLGS scheme.
Besides, shares of DLF rallied over 3 per cent after the realty major sold all luxury homes in the new Gurugram project within 8 days of launch.
