<p>Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices rallied in early trade on Wednesday amid continuous foreign fund inflows along with buying in heavyweight IT stocks, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank.</p>.<p> The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 305.44 points to 66,479.64 in early trade after beginning the day on a positive note. The Nifty went up by 103 points to 19,992.70.</p>.<p> Among the Sensex firms, Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Mahindra & Mahindra, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Reliance Industries were the major gainers.</p>.<p> Power Grid and NTPC were the laggards.</p>.Stock markets close higher on fag-end buying; snap two-day losing streak.<p> In Asian markets, Tokyo quoted with gains while Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong traded lower.</p>.<p> The US markets ended marginally up on Tuesday.</p>.<p> 'Since the global market backdrop continues to be favourable, the rally in India is likely to continue. The drop in US 10-year bond yield to 4.3 per cent and the dollar index dropping below 103 are positive for equity markets.</p>.<p> 'FIIs have turned buyers responding to the changed reality,' said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services.</p>.<p> Global oil benchmark Brent crude declined 0.02 per cent to $81.66 a barrel.</p>.<p> Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 783.82 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.</p>.<p> The BSE benchmark climbed 204.16 points or 0.31 per cent to settle at 66,174.20 on Tuesday. The Nifty gained 95 points or 0.48 per cent to 19,889.70. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices rallied in early trade on Wednesday amid continuous foreign fund inflows along with buying in heavyweight IT stocks, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank.</p>.<p> The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 305.44 points to 66,479.64 in early trade after beginning the day on a positive note. The Nifty went up by 103 points to 19,992.70.</p>.<p> Among the Sensex firms, Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Mahindra & Mahindra, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Reliance Industries were the major gainers.</p>.<p> Power Grid and NTPC were the laggards.</p>.Stock markets close higher on fag-end buying; snap two-day losing streak.<p> In Asian markets, Tokyo quoted with gains while Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong traded lower.</p>.<p> The US markets ended marginally up on Tuesday.</p>.<p> 'Since the global market backdrop continues to be favourable, the rally in India is likely to continue. The drop in US 10-year bond yield to 4.3 per cent and the dollar index dropping below 103 are positive for equity markets.</p>.<p> 'FIIs have turned buyers responding to the changed reality,' said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services.</p>.<p> Global oil benchmark Brent crude declined 0.02 per cent to $81.66 a barrel.</p>.<p> Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 783.82 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.</p>.<p> The BSE benchmark climbed 204.16 points or 0.31 per cent to settle at 66,174.20 on Tuesday. The Nifty gained 95 points or 0.48 per cent to 19,889.70. </p>