The market on Wednesday ended with a lot of struggle keeping a hope of positivity for the week ahead. The Sensex ended up 131.31 points or 0.5 percent at 24682.48.
Nifty on the other hand ended up 38.15 points or 0.5 percent at 7498.75.
Shares such as ICICI Bank, Infosys, Cipla, Axis Bank and HDFC were top gainers while Hindalco, Bajaj Auto, Sun Pharma, GAIL and ONGC were major losers in the Sensex.
Talking about the sectoral indices, IT (0.7 percent), FMCG (0.7 percent) and healthcare (0.1 percent) were among the sectors that gained, while consumer durables (-3.5 percent), metals (-0.8 percent), auto (-0.4 percent) and power (-0.1 percent) were under pressure.