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Opening bell: Sensex starts in green, Nifty trading above 22,240

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NEW DELHI: Equity benchmark indices on Friday started on positive note in early morning trade. BSE Sensex climbed marginally by 0.11% or 79.52 points to 73,237.76. Nifty as well was trading at 22,260.90, marking an increase of 43.45 points from its previous close.
32 shares in Nifty were trading in the green while 18 stocks climbed in Sensex, with Titan rising more than 1 per cent.
The global rally, mainly fueled by Nvidia Corp’s strong quarterly earnings, has pushed markets in the US, Europe and Japan to record levels.
Earlier on Thursday, Sensex and Nifty witnessed a rebound, with Nifty reaching an all-time high and Sensex surging over 500 points. IT, automobile, and technology stocks, were among the top gainers.
Sensex closed at 73,158.24 points, registering a significant increase of 535.15 points or 0.74%.
Among the Sensex stocks, 22 closed in green, contributing to the index reaching an intra-day high of 73,256.39 points.
Nifty also rose by 162.40 points or 0.74% to achieve its highest ever closing level of 22,217.45 points. During intra-day trade, the index reached a peak of 22,252.50 points, with 25 Nifty stocks ending the session on a positive note.
The BSE Midcap index saw a gain of 0.92%, while the largecap index climbed 0.81%, and the smallcap index rose by 0.54%.
In the Sensex pack, HCLTech registered the highest increase at 3.12%, followed by ITC at 2.73%, and M&M at 2.61%. TCS also saw a rise of 2.44%.
Other significant gainers included Tech Mahindra, Wipro, L&T, and Maruti.
On the flip side, stocks of major banks closed in the red, with IndusInd Bank witnessing a decline of 1.87%. HDFC Bank dropped by 1.28%, Kotak Mahindra Bank by 1.11%, and SBI slipped by 0.73%.


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