Indian equities recovered some earlier losses on the last trading day of the week ended on Sep 24.

On the back of strong foreign fund inflows that helped the 30-share index to get back to 20K mark and Nifty above 6,000 level.

On sectoral front, the scrips from real estate, FMCG and consumer durable led the gaining charts.

After a feeble beginning, the BSE Sensex gained momentum due to buying activity to finally end on a strong note after hitting an intraday peak of 20,071.75.

Finally, the Sensex surged 184.17 points (0.93%) at 20,045.18 and the broad based Nifty gained 58.75 points (0.99%) at 6,018.30.

The largest gainers in the Sensex included DLF, which increased by 5.18%, Hindustan Unilever Ltd surged 3.93%, Hero Honda Motors zoomed 3.85%, Bharti Airtel grew 3.56%, Maruti Suzuki India climbed 1.48% and Reliance Energy remained up by 1.44%.

In contrast, the major losers comprised Jindal Steel & Power, which dropped 1.19%, Sterlite Industries (India) slipped 0.23%, Tata Motors declined 0.17%, TCS fell 0.11% and Mahindra & Mahindra lost 0.05%.

The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 1.04% and 1.05% respectively.

Among sectoral indices, the real estate surged 100.02 points; the FMCG index increased by 65.91 points; the Consumer Durables index grew by 103.99 points; the Bankex index zoomed 135.55 points.

The overall breadth of the stock market was positive as it saw 1,869 advancements as compared to 1,171 declinations.