Reuters Market Eye - The BSE Sensex was up 0.4 percent, while the Nifty was 0.24 percent higher.
Domestic-oriented stocks gained on continued hopes of reforms and economic revival by the newly elected Narendra Modi government.
HDFC Bank rose 2 percent, while Oil and Natural Gas Corp advanced 1.4 percent.
However, Bharti Airtel slumped 3 percent after Credit Suisse downgraded the stock to "underperform" from "neutral," citing competition from rival Rel Jio, a unit of Reliance Industries.
(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi)
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