The Sensex opened 91 points higher at 8,913 on the back of a strong bounce back on the Wall Street. Fresh buying in auto and IT stocks helped the index extend gains and touch a high of 8,995.
The index, however, pared gains towards the close on the back of weakness in select realty and capital goods stocks. The Sensex finally ended (provisional) with a gain of 60 points at 8,882.