The Nifty too rose 31.55 pts at 19,354.10.

The Mid-cap moved up 0.03 pc and Small-cap by 0.12 pc.

In 30 scrips, 21 advanced while 9 declined.

The gainers were Bajaj Finance by 6.66 pc to Rs 7823.70, Bajaj Finserv by 3.88 pc to Rs 1600.45, Titan by 1.26 pc to Rs 3076.05 and Wipro by 1.29 pc to Rs 396.65.

The losers were Bharti Airtel by 1.97 pc to Rs 861.70, Reliance Industries by 1.23 pc to Rs 2582.95, NTPC by 0.78 pc to Rs 189.55 and Utilities by 0.59 pc to Rs 8413.

(With UNI Inputs)