However, taxation concerns and corporate earning worries limited the gains in choppy session, brokers said.

The 50-share NSE Nifty gained 71.80 points or 0.87 per cent to close at 8,285.60. Intra-day, it regained the 8,300-mark to touch day’s high of 8,308 and a low of 8,185.15.

Other gainers on the Sensex included, Tata Motors 2.43 per cent, BHEL 2.76 per cent, Bharti Airtel 2.26 per cent, NTPC 2.09 per cent, Axis Bank 2.08 per cent, SBI 1.97 per cent, Hero MotoCorp 1.39 per cent, HDFC 1.31 per cent, Hindalco 1.04 per cent, M&M 1.02 per cent and Tata Steel 0.92 per cent.

However, shares of ITC, Infosys, Coal India, GAIL, Bajaj Auto, HDFC Bank, Hind Unilever and L&T continued to face selling pressure and limited Sensex’s gains. Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors sold shares worth 1,749.33 crore on Monday, as per provisional data from stock exchanges.

Sectorally, the BSE bankex gained the most by surging 2.41 per cent, followed by auto 2.24 per cent, realty 1.60 per cent, power 1.40 per cent and infrastructure 1.21 per cent.

Globally, mixed trend was seen in other Asian markets and lower opening in European markets.