26 February,2010 10:06 AM IST | | Agencies
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovered by over 74 points in the opening trade on Friday on fresh capital inflows from foreign funds amid a firming Asian market.
The 30-share index was up by 74.05 points, or 0.45 per cent at 16,328.25 points, in the opening trade. The Sensex had closed almost flat in yesterday's choppy trade. The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty moved up by 22.80 points to 4,882.55 points.
Stock brokers said apart from firming trend in other Asian markets, beginning of new settlement on the derivatives segment also influenced trading sentiments. Shares of oil and gas, PSUs, banking, capital goods and metal sectors were in good demand, lending major support to the Sensex.
Among gainers Reliance Industries was up 1.33 per cent to Rs 977.20, Reliance Infra by 0.87 per cent to Rs 967.50, RCom by 0.77 per cent to Rs 156.10, State Bank of India by 0.86 per cent to Rs 1,930.95, HDFC Ltd by 0.55 per cent to Rs 2,477.80 and Wipro by 0.40 per cent to Rs 672.85.
