INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Advances in banking and automobile stocks led the upmove
Domestic stock markets started Thursday's
session on a higher note tracking gains in Asian peers
The S-P BSE Sensex index rose as much as 125.5 points to touch 39,717.58 in early trade and the NSE Nifty benchmark moved to 11,886.75, up
39.2 points from the previous close
Advances in banking and automobile stocks led the upmove however losses in pharmaceutical shares kept the upside in check
Here are 10 things to know:At 9:17 am, the Sensex traded 62.80 points - or 0.16 per cent - higher at 39,654.88 while the
Nifty was up 25.60 points - or 0.22 per cent - at 11,873.15.Top percentage gainers on the 50-scrip index at the time were Bharti Infratel,
Indiabulls Housing Finance, IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Yes Bank and Larsen - Toubro, trading between 0.82 per cent and 1.11 per cent higher.Larsen
stocks trading higher on the BSE against 375 struggling with losses
On the NSE, 1,069 stocks advanced while 492 declined.US President Donald Trump looks forward to speaking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
about a recent increase in India's already high tariffs against the United States, he said on the social network Twitter on
following a media report the US and China have tentatively agreed to a truce in their trade war, ahead of a closely-watched meeting between
blue-chip index up 1.4 per cent
South Korea's KOSPI index was up 0.6 per cent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng and Japan's Nikkei jumped 0.8 per cent.Overnight in the US,
0.32 per cent higher.The Sensex and Nifty had each ended 0.40 per cent higher on Wednesday, extending their gains to a second straight
session.(With inputs from Reuters)Get Breaking news, live coverage, and Latest News from India and around the world on
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