Sensex bounces 224 pts in early trade on positive Asian cues

The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered

about 224 points and the NSE Nifty regained the 10,200 mark in

early trade today on fresh buying by investors amid a firm

trend in Asian markets.

The 30-share barometer, which had lost 194.39 points on

the first day of Samvat 2074 in special 'Muhurat' session on

Thursday, was trading higher by 223.86 points or 0.69 per cent

at 32,613.82.

All sectoral indices led by oil & gas, teck, metal and IT

were trading in the green with gains of up to 1.07.

The NSE Nifty was quoting 61.95 points or 0.61 per cent

higher at 10,208.50.

Brokers said emergence of buying by investors on hopes of

encouraging quarterly earnings from some more blue chip

companies and a firming trend at other Asian markets as

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide in a weekend

snap election influenced sentiments here.

Besides, unabated buying by domestic institutional

investors (DIIs), too supported the rebound, they added.

The big gainers were Adani Ports, Bharti Airtel, Hero

MotoCorp, Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharma,

TCS, SBI, ICICI Bank, Coal India, Cipla, Tata Steel, Power

Grid and Wipro, gaining up to 2.33 per cent.

Japan's Nikkei surged 1.02 per cent, while Shanghai

Composite Index up 0,.02 per cent in late morning trade today.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng, however, was down 0.66 per cent.

Meanwhile, the US Dow Jones Industrial Average rose

0.71 per cent to fresh record close in Friday's trade.

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