Among the gainers at this time were Maruti Suzuki, up 5.42 percent at Rs.1,514.50; Tata Motors, up 5.2 percent at Rs.514.80; M&M, up 4.83 percent at Rs.901.60, and DLF, up 3.54 percent at Rs.439.20.

There were only three losers on the Sensex: BHEL, down 0.89 percent at Rs.2,294; TCS, down 0.4 percent at Rs.524.90; Sterlite, down 0.03 percent at Rs.675.10.

Other important Asian markets were trading dull.

The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, ended 37.53 points higher at 10,530.06 points, 0.36 percent up from its previous close.

At the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the main index was ruling 0.73 percent up after losing almost 7 percent Monday.

The primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hang Seng, was ruling in the green at 19,789.93 points, up 65.74 points or 0.33 percent.