Sensex climbs 207 points, tracking global cues

Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex spurted over 207 points to 25,913.14 in early trade on Wednesday on across-the-board buying, tracking rally in global markets.

The 30-share index, which had lost 150.77 points in the previous session, was up 207.21 points, or 0.80 percent, to 25,913.14, with all sectoral indices led by realty, metal and IT trading in the positive zone gaining up to 1.22 percent.

The NSE Nifty too soared 53.20 points, or 0.68 percent, to 7,882.30.

Equity brokers said fresh positions built up by investors tracking gains in other Asian bourses and overnight rally in US markets ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate decision this week bolstered trading sentiment.

Among other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei surged 0.97 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 1.08 percent while the Shanghai Composite index edged up 0.15 percent in early trade.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.40 percent higher in yesterday's trade.