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Indian markets ended the session on Friday with a gain of about 0.15 per cent led by consumer durables, capital goods and metal stocks amid weak European cues.
The 30-share BSE index Sensex was up 30 points (0.15 per cent) at 19,704.33 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was up 16.5 points (0.28 per cent) at 5,983.55.
On the BSE, consumer durables and metal indices led the Sensex uptrend with consumer durables index up 1.86 per cent and metal 1.61 per cent, followed by capital goods 1.61 per cent and banking 0.96 per cent.
On the other hand, healthcare, IT, TECk and auto sector stocks capped the Sensex gains with healthcare index down 1.28 per cent, followed by IT 0.74 per cent and TECk 0.66 per cent.
Among 30-share Sensex, Tata Steel, Tata Power, L&T, ICICI Bank and Sterlite were the top five gainers, while the top five losers were Sun Pharma, Hindalco, Cipla, TCS and BHEL.
Snapping their four-day losing streak, the Sensex rose 139.39 points, or 0.71 per cent to 19,813.72 and the Nifty regained the psychological 6,000 points mark by rising 43.65 points or 0.73 per cent to 6,010.70.
European stocks declined for a second day, after the Stoxx Europe 600 Index yesterday dropped the most in 10 months, as investors awaited data on US durable-goods orders.
Stoxx 50 was down 3.96 or 0.14 per cent at 2,772.82, FTSE 100 fell 40.83 points 0.61 per cent to 6,655.96 and DAX shed 53.39 points or 0.64 per cent to 8,298.59.
Asia’s benchmark regional stock index swung between gains and losses as Australian banks declined and the yen rose after Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank had announced sufficient stimulus.
In the Asian trade, Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up 128.47 points or 0.89 per cent at 14,612.45 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 9.86 points or 0.04 per cent at 22,679.54.
Global markets recovered from the turmoil witnessed on Thursday after two senior US central bankers said that the Fed will not hastily withdraw its policy stimulus and the pace of bond purchases could be adjusted up or down depending on how the economy recovers.
Thursday's moves followed HSBC's preliminary "flash" survey which showed Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that the US central bank could soon scale back its monthly bond purchases.
Global sentiment was also boosted as the data released on Thursday showed that the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, while new single family home sales rose.
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