Stock Market on Friday: Asian shares won a modest reprieve on Friday.
The domestic stock markets started Friday's session on a green note, supported by broadly positive cues from the global markets.
At 11:45 am, the SP BSE Sensex was trading at 37,965.78, up 302.22 points or 0.80 per cent.
The broader Nifty50 was trading at 11,473.50, with a gain of 88.45 points or 0.78 per cent.
According to market observers, healthy buying activity can be seen in banking, auto and metal stocks after the US and China agreed to resume trade talks last night.
All sectoral indices, led by metal, FMCG, realty, auto, banking, PSU, healthcare, infrastructure, power, capital goods, oil and gas and IT, recovered up to 1.38 per cent.