Sensex ends at 9998, up 113pts

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 18 points at 9903, but soon slipped into the negative zone to a low  of 9755.

Renewed buying at lower levels saw the index wipe-out its early losses and rebound into positive zone. Late buying in the market coupled with intra-day short covering saw the index zoom to a high of 10,050 - up 295 points from the day's low of 9755.

The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 113 points at 9998.