Indian equity indices snapped their five-day fall and opened higher on Friday following an over five per cent fall in the Indian Volatility Index (India VIX).
At 9:50 am, Sensex was up 484 points or 0.67 per cent, at 74,380 and Nifty was up 125 points or 0.56 per cent, at 22,613.
Banking shares are also bullish in early trade. Nifty Bank is up 342 points or 0.70 per cent at 49,043.
Among the other indices, auto, Fin service, pharma, FMCG, metal, realty, and infra are gainers. Only th...
Sensex jumps over 400 points, L&T, M&M top gainers
Sensex and Nifty extended their morning session losses. Till 1:30 PM, the majority of the Indices were red as Sensex was down 802 points or 1.05 per cent at 72,664 points while Nifty was down 261 points or 1.17 per cent at 22,041 points.
Pressure was observed from the midcap and smallcap indices. The Nifty Small Cap 100 index was down 318 points, or 1.94 per cent at 16,142 points, and the Nifty Midcap was down 592 points, or 1.18 per cent, at 49,444 points.
The rise in India V...
Sensex falls more than 800 points, L&T drags Nifty
