The benchmark BSE Sensex opened on positive note today, the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 253.58 points or 0.74 per cent at 34,336.29 and the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 71.60 points to 10,548.30. Key indices on Thursday extended gains in morning driven by index heavyweights like Infosys, HDFC twins and Reliance Industries. Shares of Torrent Power, Prestige Estates, ICRA and SRF were among early gainers, the shares gained around gained 1-4 per cent. "The scale of increase was much larger than what markets were expecting just a few months ago. The rising costs of dollar funding is detrimental to firms not just in the United States but around the world.

Source: dna February 08, 2018 04:18 UTC