Buying in metal, oil & gas, realty, power and select banking stocks was pushing the markets, however selling in technology, cement stocks along with Maruti, HDFC, ITC, L&T, Tata Motors, Suzlon and Tata Power capped the profits at 11:59 hours IST.

The NSE rushed 134 points to end at 4,375. The BSE rushed 419 points to close at 14,764 after reaching an up of 14,782 and a down of 14,374.

5.81lakh shares traded on BSE in the counter. The stock saw a standard everyday volume of 10lakh shares in the last single quarter.

Buying in metal, select realty, capital goods, and banking, technology and telecom stocks was encouraging the markets to remain on the upside.

The benchmark indices saw a low end today.

The benchmark indices ended the session on a high note with buying in infrastructure, realty, technology, telecom, cement and select pharmacy stocks along with ONGC.

The sell-off in realty, metal, banking, infrastructure and cement stocks put stress on the benchmark indices at 11:32 hours IST.

The Sensex rushed 256 points to close at 14,522 after reaching an up of 14,559 and a down of 14,178. The index had started at 14,322 opposed to the last end of 14,265.

Sterlite Technologies has received a Rs.250crore contract from BSNL.

4.35lakh shares traded on BSE in the counter.