The market performance comes after the government announced an excise duty cut on petrol by a record Rs8 per litre and that on diesel by Rs6 per litre.
During opening bell, the Sensex was up 288.99 points or 0.53% at 54,615.38 and Nifty was up 77.80 points or 0.48% at 16,334.
At around 09:34 AM, Sensex was trading at 54,365.15 up by 38.76 points or 0.07%. Meanwhile, Nifty 50 was performing at 16,242.85 higher by 23.30 points or 0.14%.
Gainers on Nifty were – Maruti Suzuki soaring by 2.8% followed by M&M, Hero MotoCorp, Asian Paints and NTPC surging around 2% each. Other major stocks such as Eicher Motors, IndusInd Bank, Infosys and Bajaj Finsernv added marginal gains as well.
However, Tata Steel, JSW Steel plunged 10% each while Hindalco, ITC and Coal India were among top underperformers on Nifty plunging 4-1% each.
On the sectoral front, Nifty Metals tumbles 6.3% followed with Nifty IT, FMCG, media stocks while all the other major indices cheered buying sentiments from investors and maintained position in the green territory. Nifty auto, rose around 2% Bank Nifty, Financials, pharma with realty, indices are also trading higher.
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