Mumbai, March 3 (Inditop.com) A benchmark index for Indian equities opened on a firm note and was ruling 107 points higher, about 10 minutes into trade Wednesday.
At 9.12 a.m. the 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 16,778.29 points, was ruling at 16,879.69 points, 107.13 points or 0.64 percent higher than its previous close at 16,772.56 points.
At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 50-share S&P CNX Nifty was ruling at 5,050.4 points against the previous close at 5,017 points, a gain of 0.67 percent or 33.4 points.
Broader markets too saw buying interest with the BSE midcap index ruling 1.03 percent higher and the BSE small cap index 0.83 percent up.
