Sensex rises over 200 points on firm Asian cues; Nifty crosses 10,000-mark in early trade; Re rises 30 paise against dollar

Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex today rose over 200 points, while Nifty reclaimed the 10,800-mark on widespread buying in metals, auto, IT and banking counters, amid firm Asian cues and a strengthening rupee. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 244.84 points, or 0.69 percent, to 35,902.70. The gauge had gained 83.31 points in the previous session on Friday. All sectoral indices, led by metal, auto, infrastructure, power, capital goods, healthcare, and banks, were in the green, rising up to 1.61 percent. The NSE Nifty recaptured the key 10,800-level by rising 68.35 points, or 0.63 percent, to 10,841.00.

Major gainers were Tata Steel, Vedanta, Yes Bank, Tata Motors, RIL, M&M , Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Bajaj Auto, Power Grid, Coal India, Maruti Suzuki, NTPC, L&T, SBI, IndusInd Bank, Bharti Airtel, and Infosys, gaining up to 1.85 percent.

Investors are also looking forward to the quarterly results of IT majors TCS and Infosys that will kick-start the earnings season later this week. TCS was trading lower by 1.28 percent at Rs 1,888.80, while Infosys was up 0.62 percent at Rs 1,292.40. Asian shares rose tracking gains on Wall Street after the release of strong jobs data for June, which muffled the impact of an escalating US-China trade dispute. [caption id=“attachment_4341273” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. Reuters[/caption] Brokers said besides fresh buying by domestic institutional investors (DIIs), a firm trend in other Asian markets influenced sentiments. DIIs bought shares worth a net of Rs 1,480.82 crore, while foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold equities to the tune of Rs 968.18 crore on Friday, provisional data showed. Globally, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.61 percent, Japan’s Nikkei gained 3.11 percent, while China’s Shanghai Composite Index advanced 1.65 percent. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.41 percent higher on Friday. Rupee rises 30 paise against dollar The rupee appreciated by 30 paise to 68.57 against the US dollar in early trade today at the forex market on increased selling of the greenback by exporters and banks, amid a higher opening of the domestic equity market. Besides, the dollar’s weakness against some currencies overseas after US jobs data showed slower-than-expected wages growth supported the rupee, forex dealers said. On Friday, the rupee had gained 8 paise to end at 68.87 against the US currency, largely tracking gains in key Asian units amid weak dollar overseas.