Indian bourses bounced back today recovering previous losses.

The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) remained in the positive terrain on mixed Asian peers after U. S. consumer buoyancy and home rates declined more than projected.

At 9.55 a. m., the BSE Sensex gained 66 points (0.33%) to trade at 20,091.42 with 21 components surging.

In the meantime, the broad-based Nifty remained up by 17.20 points (0.29%) to trade at 6,013.20 with 37 components in positive.

The Sensex belled the day after making a gain of 35.46 points (0.18%) to trade at 20,060.88, whereas the Nifty began the day with an increase of 9.15 points (0.15%) to trade at 6,005.15.

The top gainers in the Sensex pack comprised Sterlite Industries (India), which surged 1.17%, Hindalco Industries rose 1.07%, HDFC grew by 1.07%, Jindal Steel & Power zoomed 0.85%, Tata Steel gained 0.80% and Tata Power remained up by (0.70%).

In contrast, Wipro (-1.04%), RComm (-0.97%), Tata Motors (-0.94%), Mah & Mah (-0.60%), Cipla (-0.47%), and Maruti Suzuki (-0.41%) were the major losers in the Sensex.

The BSE Mid and small caps surged 0.82% and 1.45% respectively.

Among sectoral indices, the FMCG index surged 40.84 points; the Metal index gained 184.27 points; the HC index grew by 56.32 points while the Auto index was down by 67.02 points.