The Nifty too gained 126.20 pts at 18,817.40 pts.
The Sensex opened higher at 63,15185, up 181 pts. During the days it was zoomed up 497 pts at 63,467.54, days high, before closing at 63,41603, surging 446.03 pts from its last close.
The stocks like Financial services, Bankex, Realty and Metal pushed the market up.
Financial services went up by 1.35 pc followed by Realty by 1.27 pc, Bankex by 1.20 pc and Metal by 0.97 pc.
In scrips, SBI was a major gainer, up 1.87 pc to Rs 567.50, HDFC by 1.49 pc to Rs 2760, HDFC Bank by 1.45 pc to Rs 1659.10, Axis Bank by 1.44 pc to Rs 973.60 and Bharti Airtel by 1.37 pc to Rs 863.50.
The losers were Maruti Suzuki by 0.28 pc to Rs 9438.90, IndusInd Bank by 0.10 pc to Rs 1313.65 and Hind Unilever by 0.04 pc to Rs 2651.
The Mid cap increased by 0.38 pc and Small cap by 0.61 pc.
In 30 scrips, 25 advanced, 4 declined while one remained unchanged
(With UNI Inputs)