By IANS,
Mumbai : After its biggest budget day fall, a key index of the Indian equities markets opened higher Tuesday and was ruling 104 points above its last closing figure.
It had fallen about 870 points Monday after investors gave a thumbs down to the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
But about 15 minutes into trade Tuesday, the benchmark 30-scrip composite Sensex, which opened higher at 14,103.65 points, was ruling at 14,147.8 points, 104.4 points or 0.74 percent higher than Monday’s closing figure.
The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was ruling at 4,202.7 points, 0.89 percent higher than its previous close.
Broader market indices were also ruling in the green, with the BSE midcap index up 0.71 percent and the BSE smallcap index ruling 0.57 percent higher.