Among Sensex firms, Trent rose the most by 3.56 per cent.
IT shares Infosys jumped 3.06 per cent, Tech Mahindra by 2.09 per cent, HCL Tech by 1.67 per cent and TCS by 1.28 per cent.
Bharti Airtel, Bharat Electronics, Tata Motors, Reliance and Maruti were among the major movers.