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The Sensex and the Nifty ended the session on Tuesday with a gain of over 1.3 per cent led by metal, realty, auto and banking sector stocks amid firm global cues.
Domestic sentiment was buoyed after Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that the Government will soon announce more measures to boost economic growth.
The Sensex was up 248.32 points (1.32 per cent) at 19,126.28 and the Nifty was up 82.9 points (1.45 per cent) at 5,781.40.
All BSE sectoral indices ended in the green. Among them, Realty index was up 3.13 per cent, followed by Metal 2.65 per cent, Banking 1.89 per cent and Auto 1.78 per cent.
European stocks climbed to a 4 1/2- year high amid speculation that central banks around the world will continue with stimulus measures to support economic recovery and as China maintained its economic growth target for 2013-14.
US index futures and Asian stocks were also up.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up 31.16 points or 0.27 per cent at 11,683.45, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 77.06 points or 0.34 per cent at 22,614.87.
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