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Nestle India, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Asian Paints were the laggards.
On Thursday, the BSE benchmark jumped 490.97 points or 0.69 per cent to settle at 71,847.57 and the Nifty climbed 141.25 points or 0.66 per cent to 21,658.60.
In Asian markets, Tokyo traded in the positive territory while Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong quoted lower.
The US markets ended mostly lower on Thursday.
Meanwhile, global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.39 per cent to USD 77.89 a barrel.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 1,513.41 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data.
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