The Sensex, which recovered smartly after a sharp decline from upper levels, trading positively on account of good buying action witnessed in select blue chip stocks.
At 1:26 pm, the Sensex gained 71.07 points at 14,648.94 over its previous closing mark, while the broad-based NSE Nifty stood at 4413.55, up 17.20 points.
The major gainers in the Sensex were Mahindra & Mahindra (4.5%), ACC (3.15%), HDFC Bank (3.8%), ICICI Bank (2.6%), State Bank of India (2.4%) and Hindustan Unilever (2%).