Diesel deregulation, election result effect: Sensex jumps over 392 points, Nifty over 100

Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex spurted byover 392 points in opening trade today on a rally by oil & gasand PSU stocks after the government on Saturday deregulateddiesel prices and BJP stormed to power in Haryana and is allset to form government in Maharashtra.

Besides, a firming trend at other Asian markets followingweekend sharp gains in US on the back of upbeat earnings, buoyed the sentiments here.

The 30-share Sensex zoomed by 392.51 points, or 1.50 per cent, to trade at 26,501.04. The gauge had gained 109.19 points in Friday’s trade.

All the sectoral indices, led by PSU and oil & gas, were trading in the positive territory with gains up to 2.83 per cent.

The 50-share NSE Nifty, reclaimed the 7,800-mark by soaring 103.70 points, or 1.33 per cent, to 7,883.40. Brokers said sentiments turned bullish on the back of oil and gas reforms announced by the government and BJP’s stellar show in the Assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra.

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In the oils and gas segment, stocks of ONGC climbed 5.26 per cent, GAIL (2.04 per cent) and Oil India Ltd (2.27 per cent).

Meanwhile, in a major reform push, the government on Saturday deregulated diesel prices but hiked natural gas tariff by 46 per cent that will push up fertiliser, power, CNG and PNG rates.

Among other Asian markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.94 per cent while Japan’s Nikkei gained 3.34 per cent in early trade today. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.63 per cent in Friday’s trade.

PTI