The NSE Nifty index was trading 50.65 points up at 15875.1, while BSE Sensex was up 140.37 points at 52992.64 at the time of writing this report.
In the Nifty index, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (up 3.74 per cent), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (up 2.36 per cent), Tata Steel Ltd. (up 2.08 per cent), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (up 1.99 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 1.89 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While Axis Bank Ltd. (down 0.83 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (down 0.77 per cent), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (down 0.75 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd. (down 0.71 per cent) and Tech Mahindra Ltd. (down 0.56 per cent) were among the top losers in the index.