A day earlier, the BSE S&P Sensex had closed 21 points up at 40,345 while the Nifty 50 moved higher by 5 points to 11,913.
Private lender IndusInd Bank gained by 2.5 per cent to Rs 1,376.25 per share. Housing finance company HDFC was up by 1.5 per cent while State Bank of India ticked up by 1 per cent.
