Nifty Bank, Financial Services, Oil & Gas, and Media indices are each trading with about 1% gains.
Even though the Japanese markets were shut for a holiday, Nikkei futures trading in Chicago indicated a bullish sentiment.
Reliance Industries and its partner BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd (BPEAL) are set to conduct an e-auction on April 3.
Amidst volatile trading, S&P 500 futures climbed 0.7%.
Eicher Motors emerged as the top laggard on NSE.
All other major sectoral indices ended marginally higher.
Nifty metal pack is trading ~3% lower.
In conversation with Sheetal Agarwal of IIFL, the Founder of the company outlines his growth strategy, macro opportunities and fund-raising plans.
Spot gold was up 0.1%, trading at $1,832.59 per ounce.
Bank of Baroda Financial Solutions Ltd (BFSL) is a 100% owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda.