Indian equities bounced back on Friday snapping earlier losses tracking strong global cues on news of successful trials of Moderna's Corona Vaccine.

At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex added 282.29 points or 0.65% at 43,882.25 with 19 components posting rise. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty went up by 87.35 points or 0.68% at 12,859.05 with 28 components registering rise.

Major gainers in the 30-share index were Bajaj Finserv (9.13%), Titan (5.61%), Bajaj Finance (4.05%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (3.52%), Bharti Airtel (3.18%), Nestle (3.17%) and HDFC Bank (2.15%).

On the other hand, Reliance Industries (3.72%), Indusind Bank (0.94%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (0.87%),  Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (0.69%), Axis Bank (0.57%) and Hindustan Unilever (0.48%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was negative with 1,544 advances against 1,242 declines.