Sensex Gains Over 400 Points, Nifty Above 14,500

U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, slipping from last week's record levels, as investors awaited guidance from first-quarter earnings to justify high valuations, while Tesla Inc shares fell after a fatal car crash

The domestic stock markets have gained around 1 per cent, post the nearly 2 per cent correction witnessed in the previous session, on the back of value buying at lower levels. At 9:18 am, the BSE Sensex was at  48,369.45, higher by 441.95 points or 0.92 per cent and the NSE Nifty was at 14,503.55 points, up 143.65 points or 0.96 per cent. Asian markets were mixed in the morning of April 20 as investors await the release of China's latest benchmark lending rate. Stocks in Japan led losses among the region's major markets, with the Nikkei 225 falling 1.31 per cent, while the Topix index shed 1.22 per cent. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.11 per cent, while the S&P/ASX 200 in Australia declined 0.14 per cent. U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, slipping from last week's record levels, as investors awaited guidance from first-quarter earnings to justify high valuations, while Tesla Inc shares fell after a fatal car crash. The Dow Jones fell 123.04 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 34,077.63. The S&P 500 lost 22.21 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 4,163.26; while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 137.58 points, or 0.98 per cent, to 13,914.77.