Strong buying sentiment on the Asian bourses supported the domestic markets on Monday. Building on gains for the fourth straight session, the benchmark Sensex rallied over 72 points to 28,671.06 and the NSE Nifty again went past the 8,800-mark in early trade on sustained buying by participants tracking positive Asian indices. The NSE Nifty was quoting higher by 30.10 points or 0.34%, at 8,809.95. Brokers said a better trend on other Asian bourses ahead of central bank meetings in the US and Japan this week, influenced trading sentiments here. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.83% while Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.47% in early trade.

Source: dna September 19, 2016 06:11 UTC