The Sensex, which commenced the year 2009 on a promising note, went up for the fourth straight session by rising 60.33 points at 10,335.93. The key index touched the day's high of 10,392.12 and a low of 10,150.68 points.

The benchmark made a net gain of 432 points in the last four trading sessions beginning on January 1, after the government announced the second stimulus package to boost economic growth and leading banks cut key interest rates.

As many as 17 of the Sensex stocks were higher while other 13 remained weak on profit selling. However, Satyam Computer rose by 7.31 per cent, ACC by 7.67 per cent, Mahindra and Mahindra by 7.23 per cent and Jaiprakash Associate by 7.34 per cent, bolstering trading sentiment.

The 50-share National Stock Exchange index Nifty, on the other hand, fell by 8.65 points at 3,112.80, after touching the day's high of 3,141.80 and a low of 3,056.10 points.

A parallel rally in the Nifty was snapped today as Bharti Airtel, Unitech, DLF Ltd, Reliance Communications, ABB Ltd and Tata Power -- constituents of the index -- ended lower.