92 percent; Tata Consultancy, up 3.75 percent; Wipro 2.34 percent and Reliance Communication, up 1.98 percent.

The leading losers were Hindustan Unilever, down 2.29 percent; HDFC Bank, down 1.79 percent and Hero Honda, down 1.19 percent.

At the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the main index closed 1.46 percent higher at 2,292.49 points.

The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange also closed higher at 10,639.71 points, up 142.35 points.

The Hang Seng, a primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, too ended on the winning side, gaining a marginal 21.08 points or 0.1 percent at 20,456.32 points.

However, the major European exchanges were ruling in the negative.

In Britain, the FTSE 100 index was ruling 0.53 percent lower at 4,890.94 points.

Its French peer, the CAC 40, was down 0.4 percent at 3,665.89 points.

Germany's DAX was also ruling negative at 5,517.05 points, down 0.72 percent.