In a choppy trade, the NSE Nifty snapped its three session fall though late buying by investors helped the index to garner 32 points to finish at 8,360.55.
The bourses opened positive on firm Asian cues, but soon moved into volatile see-saw momentum with gains and losses as investors factored the lower-than-expected quarterly numbers of IT services major TCS which showed a meagre 2.1 per cent cent growth in its net profit at Rs 5,684 crore.
The late session saw a spurt of buying activity on bourses due to sharply higher European stocks amid Eurozone leaders meeting to decide the fate of Greece and a big turnaround in Chinese stocks, which took the index to positive zone.
Index-wise buying was led by PSU banks (1.18 per cent) Bank (1.14 per cent), Pharma (1.11 per cent), Metal (0.93 per cent), Financials (0.85 per cent) and Energy (0.49 per cent).
While, realty, FMCG, IT and auto saw substantial selling activity.
The 50-share barometer opened higher at 8,365.70 and hovered between a high of 8,377.10 and a low of 8,315.40 before closing at 8,360.55, showing a gain of 32 points, or 0.38 per cent.
Stock-wise, major gainers were VEDL (5.26 per cent), Sun Pharma (3.34 per cent), Zeel (2.31 per cent), Bank of Baroda (2.29 per cent), Grasim (2.27 per cent), Reliance (1.46 per cent) and ICICI Bank (1.18 per cent).
While, the notable losers were Bharti Airtel (3.36 per cent), IDEA (2.75 per cent), HUL (2.31 per cent), TCS (1.91 per cent) and ONGC (1.61 per cent).
Turnover in the cash segment rose to Rs 16,163.85 crore as against Rs 15,285.72 crore yesterday.
A total of 8,374.54 lakh shares changed hands in 84,01,697 trades and the total market capitalisation of the NSE stood at Rs 99,14,166 crore.
