Twenty seven stocks on the Nifty 50 finished in the positive zone The BSE Sensex rose 103 points to close at 35,319 on Wednesday while the NSE Nifty settled 23 points higher at 10,741.
With that, the key indices ended with gains for a third straight session.
Gains in IT stocks led by TCS offset losses in pharma, power and PSU banking stocks.
Oil marketing companies Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum fell around 1-2 per cent, reacting to rising global crude oil.
Indian Oil, which had fallen earlier in the session, closed 0.3 per cent higher.