85 percent to close at 15,062.49 points. The Nifty too closed lower at 4,461.8 points, down 0.9 percent.

Selling pressure in heavyweight stocks dragged the Sensex down 219 points Wednesday, after it rose more than 306 points during the day. It closed at 14,843.12 points. Similarly, the Nifty shut 1.57 percent lower at 4,398.9 points.

Buying of heavyweight stocks, particularly from realty, consumer durables and metal sectors, sent the Sensex soaring again, with the index gaining 387.92 points or 2.61 percent to close at 15,231.04 points Thursday.

The Nifty followed the Sensex to shut shop 2.84 percent higher at 4,523.75 points.

Markets shut shop on a positive note Friday, with the Sensex adding another 147.92 points or 0.97 percent to its Thursday's closing figure and ending trade at 15,378.96 points.

The Nifty too added to its previous day's tally to end at 4,568.55 points, up 0.99 percent.

The top gainers in the BSE Sensex were DLF (up 18.4 percent), Tata Motors (up 18.1 percent), Maruti Suzuki (up 16.7 percent), Tata Steel (up 12.8 percent) and Hindalco (up 11.3 percent).

Among the prominent losers on the Sensex were HDFC (down 4.3 percent), Ambuja Cements (down 3.1 percent) and BHEL (down 0.7 percent).