The equities ended on a higher note on account of intense buying interest seen in blue-chip stocks-Reliance Infra, Hindalco and Reliance Communication. Power, oil  & gas, metal and PSU stocks gained ground.

Asian stocks ended in the green, after falling in the initial hours of trade due to slowing global economy driving down commodity prices and Toyota Motor and Olympus lowering profit forecasts.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index rose 1.11% and 0.51% respectively.

Equities opened lower for the third straight session on increasing global recessionary pressures. The Sensex belled the day on a negative terrain with a loss of 102.63 points, at 9,631.59 on Friday.

The Sensex ended the day with a gain of 230.07 points, or 2.36% at 9,964.29 after touching a high of 10,065.37 and a low of 9,631.59. The broad-based NSE Nifty gained 80.35 points, or 2.78% at 2,973.00 after hitting a high of 3,010.00 and a low of 2,860.10.

Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Reliance Infra (10.92%), Hindalco Industries (6.61%), Reliance Communications (5.53%), Tata Consultancy Services (4.87%), NTPC (4.78%), and Jaiprakash Associates (4.65%).

On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra (1.83%), ICICI Bank (0.67%), Maruti Suzuki India (0.38%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (0.29%), and Tata Motors (0.16%) were the major losers in the Sensex.

Overall market breadth was positive. Out of the total 2,616 stocks traded at BSE, 1,417 advanced, 1,124 declined while 75 remained unchanged.

	Indices Trend
		Sensex		Nifty
Period	Value	% Change	Value	% Change
1 Week	9,044.51	10.17	2,697.05	10.23
1 Month	11,695.24	(14.80)	3,606.60	(17.57)
3 Months	15,167.82	(34.31)	4,529.50	(34.36)
6 Months	16,737.07	(40.47)	4,982.60	(40.33)
1 Year	18,737.27	(46.82)	5,617.10	(47.07)