Domestic equity benchmarks Nifty 50 and Sensex on Friday, September 29, scaled higher amid advances in banks and metal companies. On the other hand, a fall in information technology stocks was seen after the IT bellwether Accenture predicted a downbeat year as spending stays weak.

At close, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 320.09 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 65,828.41, and the NSE Nifty was up 114.75 points, or 0.59 per cent, at 19,638.3. In the broader market, the Nifty Mid Cap 100 and Small Cap 100 ended nearly 1 per cent higher. Nifty Bank closed up 0.64 per cent at 44,584.55.