UltraTech Cement was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 2.43 per cent, followed by NTPC, Tata Motors, Infosys, Power Grid, Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Maruti, Wipro and SBI were the major gainers.
Domestic equities had weak handover from its global peers as high US inflation and mounting trouble in China's real estate market dented the sentiments
V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said "The resilience of the mother market US, where the rally is spreading to the broader market, is supporting global markets."
Indices are expected to stay in the positive territory after the US Federal Reserve's move on interest rate hike came in on expected lines, traders said.