The two key equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty, on Wednesday pared early losses and closed in the green firmly, ahead of interm Budget and US Fed outcome. The S&P BSE Sensex rallied 613 points to end at 71,753. On the other hand, the NSE Nifty50 was settled at 21,726, up 204 points.
On the 30-share Sensex platform, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, SBI, M&M, Maruti, Bajaj Finserv emerged gainers. On the down side, Titan and L&T were the two losers.
A total of 2,113 shares advanced, 1,137 shares declined, while 63 shares unchanged.
In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices advanced 1.57 per cent and 1.83 per cent, respectively.
Sectorally, except capital goods, all other indices closed in the green. Nifty Pharma index gained 2.5 per cent, Nifty PSU Bank jumped 2.28 per cent, and the Nifty Realty index went up 1.9 per cent.
In the previous session on Tuesday, the S&P BSE Sensex tumbled 802 points to close at 71,139, while NSE Nifty50 declined 216 points to end at 21,522.