
Sensex, Nifty rise in early trade
The Hindu
Sensex, Nifty opened on a positive note on April 24 in early trade amid mixed global cues
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed in early trade on Monday amid mixed global cues.
The 30-share Sensex jumped 179.16 points or 0.30% to 59,834.22 points, while the broader 50-share Nifty rose 46.75 points or 0.27% to 17,670.80 points.
In the Sensex pack, 13 stocks were trading in the green, while the remaining 17 shares were in the negative territory.
The initial gains were led by buying in the counters of Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank, among others. Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Wipro and State Bank of India rose more than 1 per cent.
Among the Nifty shares, 23 were trading in the positive zone.
In the Asia Pacific region, stocks were showing mixed trends as Japan's Nikkei 225 was trading in the positive territory, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng and China's SSE Composite Index were trading lower.
On Friday, the U.S. market as well as most of the European benchmark indices closed with gains.

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