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Share market updates: Sensex gains 100 pts at open;Nifty above 10,900, Reliance Industries, HUL shares gain

Opening Bell: Sensex, Nifty Trade Higher
Indian equity benchmarks opened higher in today's trade. The S&P BSE Sensex Index rose as much as 0.41 per cent to 36,468.42 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index rose as much as 0.36 per cent to 10,929.25.
The market breadth was tilted in favour of buyers. About 944 stocks advanced and 460 shares declined on the National Stock Exchange. All the sectoral gauges compiled by NSE advanced led b the NSE Nifty Pharma Index's 0.47 per cent gain.


Zee Entertainment, Bharti Airtel, Indiabulls Housing, HDFC, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance are trading higher, while HCL Tech, Bajaj Auto, Jet Airways, Mindtree, Infosys, BPCL have lost the most. Shares of Reliance Industries and Hindustan Unilever are trading higher ahead of third-quarter numbers.

Rupee Opens: The Indian rupee opened higher at 71.15 per dollar on Thursday versus previous close 71.24.

BSE Live: Sensex up 125 points, Nifty above 10,900; Reliance Industries, HUL shares gain
The domestic stock markets  --Sensex and Nifty--opened higher on Thursday,  tracking positive global cues. The Sensex is up about 132 points to 36,453.62, while the Nifty is trading above the 10,900-mark. RIL shares gained by more than nearly 1% to Rs 1,144 on BSE, while HUL shares were trading 0.8% higher at Rs 1,784, ahead of their Q3 results scheduled to be reported today. 

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