The Indian equity indices ended higher in the volatile session and extended the winning run for the second straight session on November 11 with Nifty closing near 25,700 amid progress on the US shutdown bill and possible trade deal between India-US.

On the back of positive global markets, the market opened higher but failed to hold on the gains and traded negative in the first half as investors remained concern over recent terror attacks. However, the buying seen in auto, metal, IT in the afternoon session erased all the intraday losses to close near day's high.

At close, the Sensex was up 335.97 points or 0.40 percent at 83,871.32, and the Nifty was up 120.6 points or 0.47 percent at 25,694.95.

Broader indices underperformed the main indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended on flat note.

Interglobe Aviation, Bharat Electronics, Bajaj Auto, M&M and HCL Technologies were among top gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, ONGC, TMPV, Power Grid.

Among sectors, PSU Bank, healthcare down 0.3 each, while telecom index up 1.5%, IT index up 1%, oil & gas index up 0.7%, auto index up 1% and metal index up 0.6%.

In stock-specific action, Bajaj Finance share price slipped 7% post Q2 earnings, Vodafone Idea shares jumped 8% as Q2 losses narrow, Gokaldas Exports shares gained 5% on likely trade deal with US, Swan Defence share price added 5% on signing LoI with Rederiet Stenersen AS, Britannia Industries share price down 3% on MD, CEO resignation.

Ather Energy shares gained 7% as Q2 losses narrow, Syrma SGS Technology shares added 3% post Q2 profit rises 76%, HEG share price jumped 2% as Q2 profit rises 74%, Atul Auto shares surged more than 9% as Q2 net profit jumps 70.4%, Hindustan Copper shares gained nearly 6% after Q2 profit jumped 82%.

More than 100 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Craftsman, Bharat Forge, BHEL, NALCO, Ashok Leyland, Hitachi Energy, M&M, Asahi India, Muthoot Finance, Can Fin Homes, IOC, Shriram Finance, Torrent Pharma, MCX India, Laurus Labs, among others.