Sensex gains; blue-chips advance

The BSE Sensex is up 0.23 percent, while the broader Nifty is 0.29 percent higher as blue-chips advance after foreign investors resumed buying on Tuesday after a one-day halt.

Kotak Mahindra Bank gains 3.3 percent while Sesa Sterlite is up 2 percent.

Overseas investors bought Indian shares worth 480.2 million rupees ($8.04 million) on Tuesday, provisional exchange data showed.

Traders keenly await outcome of U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day meet that ends later in the day.

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi)