Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Helped by late buying, a key index for Indian equities Wednesday ended 185 points higher.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,476.85 points, closed at 17,719.19 points (provisional), 185.1 points or 1.06 percent up from its previous close at 17,534.09 points.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 50-share S&P CNX Nifty was ruling at 5,315.6 points, up 1.15 percent from its previous close at 5,256.15 points.

Broader markets indices closed with modest gains with the BSE midcap index ending 0.51 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index 0.4 percent up.