Indian equities ended higher on Thursday snapping earlier losses. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex gained 79.39 or 0.29% at 27,915.90 with 12 components posting rise. while the broad based NSE Nifty closed flat at 8,615.25.

Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Housing Development Finance Corporation (2.56%), Dr Reddy'S Laboratories (2.33%), ICICI Bank (1.94%), ITC (1.84%), Bharti Airtel (1.37%), and Cipla (1.26%).

On the other hand, Asian Paints (3.24%), Hero Motocorp (3.12%), Wipro (2.06%), Bajaj Auto (1.93%), State Bank Of India (1.54%), and Tata Motors (1.44%) were the major losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was negative with 1,027 advances against 1,542 declines.

Force Motors topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 2,219.04 million. It was followed by Maruti Suzuki India (Rs. 1,294.34 million), Tata Steel (Rs. 661.47 million) and Divis Laboratories (Rs. 549.83 million).

The volume chart was led by G T L Infrastructure with trades of over 5.97 million shares. It was followed by Spicejet (5.68 million), Future Enterprises (5.67 million) and Jaiprakash Associates (3.79 million).