Indian benchmark indices erased previous session losses to end higher with Nifty finishing near 25,200 on October 9, led by buying across the sectors.

After first few hours of rangebound trade, the market traded in positive territory for the most part of the session led by buying across the sectors, helping Nifty to close near 25,200, thus finishing near the day's high.

At close, the Sensex was up 398.44 points or 0.49 percent at 82,172.10, and the Nifty was up 135.65 points or 0.54 percent at 25,181.80. BSE Midcap index jumped 0.75%, while smallcap index ended flat.

All the sectoral indices ended in the green with pharma, oil & gas, realty, metal, PSU Bank IT adding 0.5-1 percent.

Biggest Nifty gainers were HCL Technologies, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, SBI Life Insurance, Interglobe Aviation, while losers were Tata Consumer, Axis Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Titan Company and Bharti Airtel.

In stock-specific action, Oswal Agro Mills shares shed 3% on CEO resignation, Tata Steel shares hits 52-week high on block deal of 1.2 million shares, Garuda Construction shares added 5% on winning project of Rs 144 crore, HFCL shares rose on export orders worth Rs 303 crore, GR Infraprojects shares gained 3.5% on bagging EPC project of Rs 290 crore.

Senco Gold shares down 4% despite Q2 revenue jumping 6.5%, Prestige Estates Projects shares added 4% as Q2 collections increase 54%, TCS shares gained 1% ahead of Q2 earnings, Lupin shares rose nearly 2.5% on unveiling its strategic partnership program and to build a new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Coral Springs, Florida, USA.

More than 120 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Hindustan Copper, Tata Steel, Eternal, Fortis Healthcare, Usha Martin, Aster DM Healthcare, Muthoot Finance, among others.