The gains on Dalal Street were led by buying in financial services, pharma, realty and bankingstocks.Domestic stock markets started Thursday's session on a positive note.
The SP BSE Sensex rose as much as 147.13 points to touch 36,468.42, while Nifty50 barometer of National Stock Exchange surged by 38.95 points to 10,929.25.
The gains on Dalal Street were led by buying in financial services, pharma, realty and bankingstocks.
Heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Axis Bank contributed most to advances on Sensex.At 9:27 am, 30-share benchmark index traded 87 points or 0.24per cent higher at 36,408.29, and Nifty was at 10,914.70, up 24.40 points or 0.22 per cent from previous close.Top gainers on 50-scrip index included Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bharti Infratel, Power Grid, Mahindra Mahindra and HDFC, trading between 0.91and 2.52 per cent higher.
The Nifty financial servicesindex was up 0.37per cent at that time.Asian share markets faltered on Thursday as unease over China's economic outlook eroded early gains, though an anti-climactic end to latest chapter in Brexit saga did offer sterling a moment's peace.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged down 0.1 percent in thin trade, while E-Mini futures for SP 500 slipped 0.3 percent.In global commodity markets, oil prices eased as traders worried about strength of demand in United States after gasoline stockpiles there grew last week by far more than analysts had expected.(With inputs from agencies)