After surging to an intra-day high of 6,568 towards the fag-end, the Sensex ended at an another all-time closing high at 6,563 (up 50 pts) on firm buying in select heavyweight, banking and metal stocks.
The Nifty added nine points to 2,072.
Reliance attracted buying support and moved up 2.18% (Rs 11) to Rs 528. While ITC clocked a per cent gain (Rs 9) to Rs 1,318, HLL closed down a rupee at Rs 144.
SBI jumped 1.96% (Rs 12) to Rs 625. While HDFC Bank gained 2.74% (Rs 14) to Rs 518, ICICI Bank, however, ended marginally lower at Rs 373.
HPCL advanced 4.19% (Rs 16) to Rs 404.
ONGC, however, exhibited weakness and dropped 2.74% (Rs 23) to Rs 824.
Hindalco soared 3.65% (Rs 48) to Rs 1,370. Tisco shot up 4.52% (Rs 17) to Rs 391.
Bharti remained in the positive territory through the session, and added 1.73% (Rs 4) to Rs 212. BHEL mopped up 2.46% (Rs 18) to Rs 755.
Infosys (up Rs 4 to Rs 2,062), Wipro (up a rupee to Rs 752) and Satyam (up Rs 3 to Rs 413) ended with modest gains.