The Sensex and Nifty were on course to break a two-day fall Domestic stock markets regained strength in afternoon on Friday, after see-sawing between gains and losses amid cautious trade earlier in session.
The Sensex gained as much as 230 points to hit 35,744 at day's strongest point by afternoon, while Nifty went up by 68 points to 10,741.
Advances in banking and financial services stocks pushed indices higher, however losses in IT counters kept upside in check.
Analysts said investors awaited fresh domestic cues for further direction in markets.