Indian markets ended higher on Tuesday snapping earlier losses. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex gained 73.64 or 0.22% at 32,996.76 with 17 components posting rise. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty went up by 30.10 or 0.30% at 10,124.35.

Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Tata Steel (3.17%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (2.20%), Dr Reddy'S Laboratories (1.85%), Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (1.47%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (1.38%), and Infosys (1.30%).

On the other hand, Cipla (1.22%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (1.13%), I C I C I Bank (1.10%), Reliance Industries (0.64%), H D F C Bank (0.56%), and Kotak Mahindra Bank (0.55%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was negative with 1,020 advances against 1,435 declines.

Edelweiss Financial Services topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 563.65 million. It was followed by Jindal Steel & Power (Rs. 464.21 million), Cipla (Rs. 410.32 million) and Reliance Infrastructure (Rs. 318.25 million).

The volume chart was led by Southern Ispat and Energy with trades of over 55.24 million shares. It was followed by Karuturi Global (5.69 million), Reliance Communications (4.52 million) and Prism Cement (2.57 million).