Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty started on a positive note on Wednesday tracking firm cues from global markets after US President Donald Trump hinted at the possibility of a trade deal with China in the future.
After surging over 200 points in early session, the 30-share index was trading 98.07 points, or 0.26 per cent, higher at 37,416.60. The broader NSE Nifty was also trading 21.65 points, or 0.19 per cent, up at 11,243.70.
In the previous session on Tuesday, the BSE bourse settled at 37,318.53, gaining 227.71 points or 0.61 per cent; and the Nifty ended at 11,222.05, 73.85 points or 0.66 per cent higher.
Top gainers in the Sensex pack include Yes Bank, Tata Motors, Sun Pharma, Coal India, NTPC, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, HUL, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, ONGC and HDFC, shedding up to 3.04 per cent.On the other hand, HCL Tech, Tata Steel, M&M, PowerGrid, Vedanta, RIL and TCS were the major gainers, rising up to 1.79 per cent.
According to traders, investors took cues for other Asian bourses which were trading higher after US President Trump hinted at the possibility of a trade deal with China, in a series of tweets.
\u201cWe can make a deal with China tomorrow, before their companies start leaving so as not to lose USA business,\u201d he added.Sustained foreign fund outflow, however, weighed on investor sentiment here, capping the gains on key bourses, traders said.
Foreign institutional investors sold equity worth Rs 2,011.85 crore on Tuesday, while domestic institutional investors purchased shares of Rs 2,242.91 crore, provisional data available with stock exchanges showed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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