Equity indices in the green, Nifty Bank hits fresh record high

Equity benchmark indices were in the positive terrain during early hours on Monday tracking their Asian peers with easing of trade war worries and reduced uncertainty over the Brexit. At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 71 points to 41,646 while the Nifty 50 edged higher by 20 points at 12,266. Apart from Nifty metal and PSU bank, all sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the green. Nifty bank rose by 0.47 per cent to a fresh record high while Nifty auto ticked up by 0.63 per cent and FMCG by 0.5 per cent.