85 percent at Rs.1,220.90; Hindalco, up 2.21 percent at Rs.111; Reliance Infra, up 2.18 percent at Rs.1,193.55, and M&M, up 2.14 percent at Rs.811.90.

Among losers were HDFC, down 1.98 percent at Rs.2,315.75; ITC, down 1.8 percent at Rs.234.65; Jaiprakash Associates, down 1.72 percent at Rs.220.45, and Wipro, down 1.63 percent at Rs.507.10.

Other Asian markets were mixed with the Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closing 80.14 points higher than its previous close at 10,597.33 points, a gain of 0.76 percent.

The Hang Seng, the primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, was however ruling in the red at 20,696.55 points, down 164.75 points or 0.79 percent.

In the US, stocks rose Thursday led by the banking sector and sweeping aside reports of a decline in retail sales.

While the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 36.58 points or 0.39 percent to close at 9,398.19, the broader Standard and Poor's 500 Index climbed 6.92 points or 0.69 percent to 1,012.73 points.

The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose back above the 2,000-point mark, gaining 10.63 points or 0.53 percent to 2,009.35 points.