Stock Market Updates: Sensex Up Over 250 Points, Nifty Above 22,400; Voda Idea Gains 4%

Sensex Today

Sensex Today: Equity benchmark indices opened in green on Tuesday with BSE Sensex rising 286 points to 73,932 and the NSE Nifty50 advancing by 82 points to 22,418.

Bharti Airtel, Titan, Tata Motors Sun Pharma, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, Wipro, NTPC, HDFC Bank and Maruti led the gains on the Sensex, while Nestle India was trading in red.

On other hand, HCL Tech and LTIMindtree were among top gainers on NSE Nifty 50 while Powegrid and Adani Enterprises were among the top losers.

The broader markets opened strong with both the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices gaining 0.39 and 0.67 per cent respectively.

Nifty Realty, Nifty Oil and Gas, Nifty IT and Nifty Consumer Durables lead sectoral gains on the NSE.

Global Cues

Globally, all but the Shanghai Composite were trading in the positive zone. The Hang Seng index gained 0.8 per cent, followed by 0.5 per cent rise in ASX200. Nikkei, and Kospi held marginal gains of 0.15 per cent each.

Overnight, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite gained 0.87 per cent and 1.11 per cent, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.67 per cent.