Equity benchmark Indices recouped more than half of previous day's losses on Thursday, led by short covering index heavy weights despite range bound trade in global peers. The Sensex hiked 164.48 points at 29,332.16 and the NSE Nifty closed up 55.85 points to 9,086.30. The market has been in a range of 200 points after hitting a record high of 9,218.40 last week. 

The broader markets outperformed benchmarks but the gap between advances and declines narrowed as the day progressed. The BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap indices gained 1 percent each while about 1689 shares advanced against 1121 declining shares on the exchange. 

Top Gainers: Yes Bank (3.25%), Tata Motors (2.83%), NTPC (2.27%), GAIL (2.14%), Wipro (1.89%). 

Top Losers: ITC (0.80%), TCS (0.75%), Eicher Motors (0.68%), HUL (0.33%), Ambuja Cements (0.15%).