Indian equity benchmarks rebounded on Monday after six consecutive weeks of losses.
The Sensex rose about 420 points in early trade, and the Nifty added about 40 points.
Lower crude prices and gains in Asian markets helped sentiment.
Market wraps put the Sensex close at 74,858.99 and the Nifty at 23,414.30.
The six-week losing run was the longest for the Sensex in about six years.
The NSE Nifty 50 added 39.75 points, or 0.17 percent, to 23,386.15 in early deals.
Some reports put the opening levels slightly lower, with the Sensex up about 330 points at 74,624.74 and the Nifty at about 23,372.
Market wraps later in the day reported the Sensex closing about 564 points higher at 74,858.99 and the Nifty about 68 points higher at 23,414.30.
The gains came as easing crude oil prices offered relief to a market that had been on edge over Middle East tensions.
Brent crude fell about 2.2 percent to roughly 101.56 dollars a barrel, and US crude fell about 2.4 percent to about 97.93 dollars.
Asian markets had closed broadly higher, with South Korea’s Kospi up 1.43 percent and Japan’s Nikkei up 1.38 percent.
InterGlobe Aviation, which runs IndiGo, rose about 1.55 percent to Rs 4,996.50, helped by lower fuel costs.
Sun Pharma rose about 1.39 percent and Reliance Industries about 1.36 percent in early trade.
Adani Ports fell about 2.8 percent, Bharti Airtel about 2.3 percent and Wipro about 1.8 percent.
The rebound followed a sixth consecutive weekly loss for the Sensex and Nifty, the longest such run in about six years for the Sensex.
Investors were also watching the closing of the Rs 22,569 crore NSE IPO, which had drawn liquidity from the secondary market.
Oil-importing India is sensitive to crude prices, since lower prices reduce the import bill and support the rupee and inflation outlook.
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Bombay Stock Exchange (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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