88 percent at Rs.1,364.45; M&M, up 4.48 percent at Rs.774.05; Hero Honda, up 3.9 percent at Rs.1,412.20; and SBI, up 3.7 percent at Rs.1,753.60.

Bharti Airtel's scrip ended as the sole loser after the company said that talks with South African telcom major MTN were extended yet again. The revised deadline is Sep 30. The stock ended 1.15 percent down at Rs.400.05.

At the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the main index closed 4.52 percent higher, while the Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, ended 179.41 points or 1.76 percent up at 10,383.41 points.

The Hang Seng, the primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, also rose, gaining 374.63 points or 1.88 percent at 20,328.86 points.

In Britain, the FTSE 100 index was 1.28 percent higher at 4,749.49 points. Its French peer, the CAC 40, was up 1.4 percent at 3,498.75 points.

Germany's DAX was also ruling positive at 5,298.09 points, having risen 1.26 percent.