Share Market Today Live Updates: Indian equity benchmark indices opened on a positive note Monday (April 29), tracking healthy global cues. BSE Sensex opened 252.50 points, or 0.34 per cent higher at 73,982.80 while Nifty inched 55.50 points, or 0.25 per cent higher at 22,475.50.
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The gains in markets today are supported by financials after post-results gains in SBI Life Insurance and ICICI Bank. The high-weightage financial services index rose 0.7 per cent with 12 of the 13 major sectors logging gains.
The Indian rupee opens five paise weaker at 83.39 against US dollar vs Friday’s close of 83.34. Dollar index futures, which measures strength of American currency against a basket of six global peers, are up 0.06 per cent at 105.87.
Brent crude futures fell 83 cents, or 0.93 per cent, to $88.67 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were down 67 cents, or 0.80 per cent, to $83.18 a barrel.
APAC markets remained in mixed territory amid Japan’s stock markets being closed for a public holiday. South Korea’s Kospi inched 0.70 per cent higher at 2,677.50. Hang Sang inched 1.50 per cent higher at 17,913.00.
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