New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The Indian stock market closed higher on Tuesday, September 9, driven mainly by a sharp rally in Infosys shares after the IT giant announced its board would review a buyback proposal for fully paid-up equity shares on Thursday, September 11.

Infosys alone added over 200 points to the Sensex, which finished 314 points, or 0.39 per cent, up at 81,101.32. The Nifty 50 also advanced 95 points, or 0.39 per cent, to close at 24,868.60.

Meanwhile, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices registered modest gains, ending 0.20 per cent and 0.22 per cent higher, respectively.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes that Indian stock market sentiment is cautiously positive as the Nifty 50 index closed above...