Sensex gains 88 points

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex is trading higher by over 80 points in the morning session today on emergence of fresh spell of buying in realty, capital goods, bank and healthcare stocks amid a firming trend in other Asian bourses.

At 9.45 a.m., the Sensex was up 88.31 points or 0.48 per cent at 18,354.34 and the Nifty up 30.3 points or 0.55 per cent at 5,513.10.

During the opening session, the 30-share BSE index Sensex, which has lost over 228 points in the previous four sessions, recovered by 84.37 points or 0.45 per cent to 18,350.40.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty index regained the 5,500 points level by rising 27.20 points or 0.46 per cent to 5,510.00.

Meanwhile in other Asian markets, Japan’s Nikkei index was trading 0.16 per cent higher, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.27 per cent in the early trade today. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.01 per cent higher on Monday.