<p>Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices climbed in early trade on Wednesday amid buying in market blue-chip stocks Reliance Industries and Tata Consultancy Services.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 252.62 points to 76,709.21 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went up by 82.25 points to 23,347.10.</p><p>Among the 30 Sensex companies, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Power Grid, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services and Reliance Industries were the major gainers.</p><p>Titan, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank and Hindustan Unilever were among the laggards.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul traded in the positive territory while Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong quoted lower.</p>.Euro and French markets roiled by shock Macron election call.<p>US markets ended mostly higher on Tuesday.</p><p>"The 32 per cent decline in India VIX during the last 5 days indicates that the days of heightened volatility are over and the market has entered a consolidation phase. From now on the focus will be on fundamentals and news flows," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services.</p><p>Tonight's US inflation numbers and the Fed policy outcome will influence the direction of the global equity market, he added.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.42 per cent to $82.26 a barrel.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 111.04 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.</p><p>The BSE benchmark declined 33.49 points or 0.04 per cent to settle at 76,456.59 on Tuesday. In a volatile trade, the Nifty ended marginally up by 5.65 points or 0.02 per cent at 23,264.85.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices climbed in early trade on Wednesday amid buying in market blue-chip stocks Reliance Industries and Tata Consultancy Services.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 252.62 points to 76,709.21 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went up by 82.25 points to 23,347.10.</p><p>Among the 30 Sensex companies, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Power Grid, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services and Reliance Industries were the major gainers.</p><p>Titan, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank and Hindustan Unilever were among the laggards.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul traded in the positive territory while Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong quoted lower.</p>.Euro and French markets roiled by shock Macron election call.<p>US markets ended mostly higher on Tuesday.</p><p>"The 32 per cent decline in India VIX during the last 5 days indicates that the days of heightened volatility are over and the market has entered a consolidation phase. From now on the focus will be on fundamentals and news flows," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services.</p><p>Tonight's US inflation numbers and the Fed policy outcome will influence the direction of the global equity market, he added.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.42 per cent to $82.26 a barrel.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 111.04 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.</p><p>The BSE benchmark declined 33.49 points or 0.04 per cent to settle at 76,456.59 on Tuesday. In a volatile trade, the Nifty ended marginally up by 5.65 points or 0.02 per cent at 23,264.85.</p>