The Indian equity benchmarks ended Thursday’s choppy session on a positive note led by gains in Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever, Bajaj Finance, Sun Pharma and Axis Bank. For most part of the day, benchmarks traded in a narrow range on the back of heightened volatility owing to weekly expiry of index derivative contracts. The Sensex traded in a range of 435 points and Nifty 50 index touched an intraday high of 15,188.50 and low of 15,065.40.
The Sensex ended 222 points higher at 51,531.52 and Nifty 50 index advanced 67 points to close at 15,173.30.
Reliance Industries was top Nifty gainer, the stock rose over 4 per cent to close at Rs 2,061.80. Reliance Industries alone added more than 250 points towards gain in the Sensex.