The Sensex was up 118 points at 21,198 while Nifty added 32 points at 6,306.
Deven Choksey, managing director of KR Choksey Securities, said, "We remain positive on the markets and the market is likely to remain in the 6150-6350 range."
Among the frontline stocks, DLF, PNB, and Hero MotoCorp were up nearly 1.5 per cent. Among the oil &gas pack, RIL extended its gains today after a 4.8 per cent rise on Friday. RIL shares were up 0.60 per cent today.
Infosys shares were lower by 1.2 per cent today, reacting negatively to the resignation of director V. Balakrishnan, who was seen as a candidate to become the next chief executive of India's second biggest outsourcer. Mr Balakrishnan is the eighth senior executive to resign from Infosys since co-founder Narayana Murthy returned as executive chairman in June 2013.
Asian stocks inched cautiously higher on Monday encouraged by record highs on Wall Street, though anxiety over a credit squeeze in China has weighed on shares there while adding to pressure on emerging market currencies.
There was some relief when China's benchmark short-term money rate opened sharply lower at 5.57 percent, which was enough to help Shanghai edge up 0.15 percent .
Volumes were very light with Tokyo on holiday on Monday and Christmas almost here. Australia's main index added 0.2 percent while S&P 500 futures gained 0.33 percent.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan firmed 0.5 per cent. (With Reuters inputs)
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