Value buying of stocks after two sessions of losses and hopes of a delay in next month's US rate hike decision boosted sentiments in the Indian equity markets on Wednesday.
Bullish sentiments were seen on the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) with its barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) provisionally closing over 100 points -- or 0.36 percent -- up during the day's trade.
The positive sentiments were milder at the wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE). It inched up only 28.60 points or 0.34 percent at 8,495.15 points.
The S&P BSE Sensex, which opened at 27,851.81 points, provisionally closed at 27,931.64 points (at 3.35 p.m.) -- up 100.10 points or 0.36 percent from the previous day's close at 27,831.54 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 28,021.39 points and a low of 27,721.25 points in the intra-day trade.
