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Among the Sensex firms,
JSW Steel, Infosys, ITC and Mahindra And Mahindra were among the laggards.
In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the positive territory. The US markets had ended on a mixed note on Friday.
Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.51 per cent to USD 83.98 a barrel.
Markets were closed on Friday on account of Republic Day.
On Thursday, Sensex declined 359.64 points or 0.51 per cent to settle at 70,700.67 points while Nifty fell 101.35 points or 0.47 per cent to 21,352.60 points.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 2,144.06 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data.

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