The CSE-40 index gained 57.36 points during the session. The local bourse was down 69.50 points in the previous session.
The index opened at 6998.88 and during the day it gained to close at 7056.24.
Total trading at the bourse during the day was Rs 13.53 crore from 16 scrips.
Blueprint Securities was at Rs 309.40 and Infosys Technologies was marginally lower at Rs 2785.90 at close.
Larsen & Toubro ended the day lower at Rs 1559.50, while Reliance Industries was at Rs 843 at end of the session.
Tata Steel gained to Rs 424 and SBI was at Rs 2498 at close.