Mumbai, July 10 (Inditop.com) A key index of the Indian equities markets opened higher Friday, ruling 24 points above its last closing figure about 15 minutes into trading.

The 30-scrip index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened higher at 13,803.12 points, was at 13,781.50 – 24.04 points or 0.17 percent higher than Thursday’s closing figure.

Around the same time, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), too, was ruling in the green at 4,093.65 points, up 0.31 percent.

Broader market indices were also in the positive terrain, with the BSE midcap index trading 0.72 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index moving up 0.69 percent.