New Delhi, May 13 -- The Indian Stock Market on Wednesday ended marginally higher after four days of consecutive losses. Strong gains were witnessed in metal, oil-linked, and select heavyweight stocks, offsetting weakness in IT and auto shares.
At close, the Sensex rose 49.74 points or 0.07 percent to 74,608.98, while the Nifty gained 33.05 points or 0.14 percent to settle at 23,412.60.
Oil marketing company stocks ended near the day's high. HPCL rose over 5 percent after announcing its quarterly results.
BSE 150 Midcap index rose by 0.71pc, while the BSE 250 Smallcap index climbed by 0.27pc.
The overall market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE rose to nearly Rs 459 lakh crore from Rs 456 lakh crore in the previous session....