The BSE Midcap ended up 0.5% while the Smallcap index ended nearly 1% higher
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
Investors widened their bets on optimism that upcoming general budget -- to be unveiled next month - would contain incentives for corporates, which will help boost the economy
Monday's drop followed an 8.5 per cent slump in Chinese markets.
IT shares lost ground tracking a sell-off in tech stocks on Nasdaq on Friday
Skittish investors snapped up gold and other safe-haven assets amid fears of a global economic slowdown
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell, ended a day of constant talks with optimistic proclamations, as details leaked out of the pact they were negotiating.
The dollar is king in an intermediate correction, says Sonali Ranade