73 percent at Rs.212.35; L&T, up 4.66 percent at Rs.1,477.75 and Hindustan Unilever, up 3.45 percent at Rs.258.05.

The four losers were: Infosys, down 0.59 percent at Rs.1,971.40; Grasim Industries, down 0.35 percent at Rs.2,573.30; TCS, down 0.19 percent at Rs.509.75, and Sun Pharma, down 0.19 percent at Rs.1,179.30.

The total traded turnover was higher at Rs.94,599.56 crore as against Rs.91,347.93 crore Monday, of which Rs.15,775.98 crore was contributed from the NSE cash segment.

Of the balance, Rs.73,655.74 crore came from the NSE futures and options segment and Rs.5,167.84 crore came from BSE cash segment.

In other Asian markets, the Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, ended a marginal 16.35 points up at 10,284.96 points, 0.16 percent higher than its previous close.

The Hang Seng, the primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, was ruling in the green at 20,306.27 points, up 168.62 points or 0.84 percent.

European shares, which opened strong, were ruling in the green. In Britain, the FTSE 100 index was 0.76 percent higher at 4,680.34 points. Its French peer, the CAC 40, was up 0.6 percent at 3,440.32 points.

Germany's DAX rose 0.6 percent to 5,232.78 points.