1 percent; Wipro, up 3.86 percent; Reliance Industries, up 2.51 percent and Reliance Communication, up 2.2 percent.

The leading losers are State Bank of India, down 2.36 percent; BHEL, down 1.76 percent; Bharti Airtel, down 1.62 and ICICI Bank 1.07 percent.

In other Asian markets, a key index at the Shanghai Stock Exchange plummeted 4.58 percent to close at 2,259.55 points.

The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, also closed lower at 10,497.36 points, down 83.69 percent.

The Hang Seng, a primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, too ended on the losing side, shedding 100.7 points or 0.49 percent at 20,435.24 points.

In Britain, the FTSE 100 index was ruling 0.22 percent lower at 4,885.29 points. Its French peer, the CAC 40, was down 0.06 percent at 3,650.11 points.

Germany's DAX was also ruling negative at 5,516.17 points, down 0.06 percent.