India, Feb. 5 -- Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally higher on Wednesday as a sharp decline in IT blue-chip stocks restricted the rally in the markets.

After a remarkable rally in the previous trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 78.56 points or 0.09 per cent higher at 83,817.69. During the day, it hit a high of 83,947.53 and a low of 83,119.95, gyrating 827.58 points. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 48.45 points or 0.19 per cent to settle at 25,776. From the Sensex firms, Eternal, Trent, NTPC, Adani Ports, Power Grid and Maruti were among the biggest gainers. Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Tech and Tech Mahindra were the biggest laggards, declining as much as 7 per cent. The BSE IT index tumbled 5.49 per cent ...