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.
Sensex and Nifty were 0.2 per cent higher each at 66,197 points and 19,619 points at the time of writing this report. Sensex reached 66,214 points in early trade today.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 44.19 points to 65,523.24 after beginning the trade on a positive note. Soon, it touched a high of 65,584.33, a gain of 105.28 points.