The market on Thursday opened higher after a sharp slide in the Wednesday's trade. The Sensex gained 165.64 points or 0.6 percent at 25648.16 and the Nifty surged 48.50 points or 0.6 percent at 7780.30.
Hero MotoCorp, Maruti, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Auto and Vedanta were noted amongst top gainers in the Sensex. Among the losers were GAIL and Mahindra and Mahindra.
The Indian rupee opened higher in early trade. It has gained 19 paise at 66.10 per dollar versus 66.29 Wednesday.
The dollar hit a seven-month peak against a currency basket after minutes of the last Fed policy meeting suggested that a December rate increase was on the cards.