Stocks summoned courage and left early losses behind with a gain of 194 points at the close on Thursday as investors shifted their attention to exit poll results of Gujarat election. The NSE Nifty went above the 10,250-mark on some fag-end buying.
The 30-share BSE Sensex bounced back in the last one hour of the session to hit a high of 33,321.52 before closing up 193.66 points — or 0.59 per cent — at 33,246.70. The gauge had lost 402.75 points in the previous two sessions disappointed by grim economic data and the ADB lowering India's economic growth forecast.
The 50-issue NSE Nifty in range-bound movements settled higher by 59.15 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 10,252.10. Intra-day, it shuttled between 10,276.10 and 10,141.55. A rise in wholesale inflation, which accelerated further to 3.93 per cent in November, injected a sense of caution though.