Sensex jumps over 400 points taking cue from Asian indices

Indian equity market indices opened positively up 407 points on Friday, taking a cue from the Asian indices. The markets had fallen to their lowest levels since May 2015.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Key Indian equity market indices opened positively up on Friday, taking a cue from the  Asian indices. The markets had fallen to their lowest levels since May 2015. The BSE Sense was trading around 407 points up at 24,369, around 11:12 am while Nifty was trading at 7,406, up 129 points up from yesterdays closing.

The indices have been under pressure due to correction and weakening rupee.

The rupee also appreciated further from early gains, and is up 30 paise to quote at 67.72 against the US currency in late morning deals on continued bouts of selling from banks and exporters amid higher local equities.

The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened the day at 24,122.06 points, against the previous close at 23,962.21 points.

Minutes after the trading bell, the key index was ruling at 24,156.64 points, with a gain of 194.43 points, or 0.81 percent. At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the Nifty was quoting at 7,337.50 points, up 60.70 points, or 0.83 percent.

On Monday, while the Sensex had ended 99.83 points, or 0.41 percent lower, the Nifty closed with a loss of 32.50 points, or 0.44 percent.

All the Asian markets were also on a re-bound mode. Japan’s Nikkei, Australia’s ASX 200, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, and the Shanghai Composite all opened higher and were trading in the green. Even the oil benchmarks like Brent and Western Texas Intermediate were up nearly one percent.

“The US markets recovered on Thursday from their steep losses from the day before. US energy stocks climbed as oil prices bounced back from their worst trading session in the last four months and strong earnings from Verizon lifted the telecom stocks,” Angel Broking said.

“Blue chip stocks did better than the rest of the market,” the brokerage said in a pre-open analysis, adding the rebound in oil prices and positive comments by European Bank President Mario Draghi on stimulating the Eurozone helped the markets to end significantly higher.

“But sell-off in the Indian equity markets continued for the second consecutive session, with the Sensex closing below the psychological important 24,000-point mark for the first time since May 2014.”