The benchmark index (CSE-40) was up 28.46 per cent during the trading session.
The local bourse opened at 6161.42 and during the day it inched 6189.88 to close the session.
Total turnover was Rs 15.98 crore from 17 scrips.
Among major scrips, Blueprint Securities was at Rs 308. Infosys Technologies was at Rs 2318.90 at close.
State Bank of India was higher at Rs 1907.45 at close. Reliance Industries was at Rs 783 at end of the session.
Tata Steel was at Rs 397 and Twenty-First Century was at Rs 326 at end of the session.
Vindus Holdings was at Rs 307 at close.