Top gainers included Bajaj Hindustan Sugar (up 2.95%), Uggal Sugar Works (up 2.55%), Rana Sugars (up 2.22%), Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals (up 1.90%), KM Sugar Mills (up 1.36%), KCP Sugar and Industries Corporation (up 1.33%), Balrampur Chini Mills (up 1.05%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries (up 0.97%), DCM Shriram Industries (up 0.92%) and EID Pari (India) (up 0.66%).
Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd. (down 2.39%), Mawana Sugars Ltd. (down 2.30%) and Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd. (down 1.80%) were among the major losers on the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index rose 131.36 points to end at 24,141.95, while the 30-stock BSE Sensex rose 443.46 points to end at 79,476.19.
Tech Mahindra (up 2.92%), Wipro (up 2.43%), Bajaj Finance (up 2.27%), Grasim Industries (up 2.1%), UltraTech Cement (up 2.03%), Tata Consultancy Services (up 1.9%), Infosys (up 1.54%), JSW Steel (up 1.34%), Hindustan Unilever (up 1.3%) and HDFC Bank (up 1.28%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack. On the other hand, NTPC Ltd. (down 2.28%), State Bank of India (down 0.83%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (down 0.81%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (down 0.76%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (down 0.74%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (down 0.62%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (down 0.54%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (down 0.52%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (down 0.51%) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (down 0.46%) ended lower.