Sensex edges higher; tech stocks surge

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex provisionally edged up on Friday after earlier hitting its highest intraday level in nearly a week as stocks of software exporters rose after Infosys Ltd's quarterly earnings beat market expectations.

Infosys provisionally rose 3.1 percent, while Tata Consultancy Services ended 2.1 percent higher.

The Sensex provisionally rose 0.18 percent, while the Nifty closed 0.1 percent higher. Both indexes earlier hit their highest intraday level since Jan 2.

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)