Mumbai, Aug 11 - Indian equities ended trade in the green Tuesday, with a key index gaining 57 points after volatile trading most of the day.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 15,000.38 points, ended trade at 15,066.98 points (provisional), up 57.21 points or 0.38 percent.

The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) too shut shop in the green at 4,471.9 points, up 0.77 percent.

Broader market indices also closed in positive terrain with the BSE midcap index ending 1.29 percent up while the the BSE smallcap index closed 0.6 percent higher.