Indian markets rose over one per cent at the end of the session on Thursday led by auto and healthcare stocks, which rallied the most.
The 30-share BSE index Sensex was up 218.31 points (1.14 per cent) at 19,397.67 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was up 76.3 points (1.31 per cent) at 5,913.20.
On the BSE, auto index was up 2.8 per cent, followed by healthcare 1.96 per cent, metal 1.26 per cent and banking 1.18 per cent.
On the other hand, IT index was down 1.7 per cent, followed by TECk 0.84 per cent, realty 0.78 per cent and consumer durables 0.37 per cent.
Asian shares were up as weak economic data coming from Europe and US has reassured investors that more stimulus measures will be taken. European shares were down on weak corporate earnings.