New Delhi, June 2 -- Indian benchmark indices ended higher in a volatile session on Tuesday after trading in the red for most of the day, with the Nifty 50 closing comfortably above the 23,480 mark on a late pullback led by heavyweight IT stocks.

At close, the Sensex was up 382.50 points or 0.52 per cent at 74,649.84, and the Nifty was up 100.95 points or 0.43 per cent at 23,483.55.

The Nifty opened with a downside gap and tested prior swing low support, which also turned out to be the day's low, according to Sudeep Shah, Head - Technical and Derivatives Research at SBI Securities. The index then staged a steady pullback to close at 23,483, forming a bullish candle on the daily chart and indicating buying interest at lower levels. About...