<p>Mumbai: Domestic equity indices Sensex and Nifty climbed in early trade on Friday tracking a rally in global markets after the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate after more than four years.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 439.75 points to 83,624.55 in early trade. The NSE Nifty climbed 132.05 points to 25,547.85.</p><p>From the 30 Sensex firms, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Bajaj Finserv and Maruti were the biggest gainers.</p><p>NTPC, Titan, Tata Motors, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra and Axis Bank were among the laggards.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong were trading in the green while Shanghai traded lower.</p><p>The US markets ended remarkably higher on Thursday.</p><p>"The Dow and S&P 500 setting yet another record highs yesterday is indicative of the strength of this ongoing global bull run led by the mother market US," V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said.</p><p>The BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 236.57 points or 0.29 per cent to settle at a lifetime high of 83,184.80 on Thursday. During the day, it jumped 825.38 points or 0.99 per cent to scale a new all-time intra-day high of 83,773.61.</p><p>The Nifty gained 38.25 points or 0.15 per cent to 25,415.80. During the day, it surged 234.4 points or 0.92 per cent to hit a fresh intra-day peak of 25,611.95.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 2,547.53 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude dipped 0.17 per cent to $74.75 a barrel.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Domestic equity indices Sensex and Nifty climbed in early trade on Friday tracking a rally in global markets after the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate after more than four years.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 439.75 points to 83,624.55 in early trade. The NSE Nifty climbed 132.05 points to 25,547.85.</p><p>From the 30 Sensex firms, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Bajaj Finserv and Maruti were the biggest gainers.</p><p>NTPC, Titan, Tata Motors, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra and Axis Bank were among the laggards.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong were trading in the green while Shanghai traded lower.</p><p>The US markets ended remarkably higher on Thursday.</p><p>"The Dow and S&P 500 setting yet another record highs yesterday is indicative of the strength of this ongoing global bull run led by the mother market US," V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said.</p><p>The BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 236.57 points or 0.29 per cent to settle at a lifetime high of 83,184.80 on Thursday. During the day, it jumped 825.38 points or 0.99 per cent to scale a new all-time intra-day high of 83,773.61.</p><p>The Nifty gained 38.25 points or 0.15 per cent to 25,415.80. During the day, it surged 234.4 points or 0.92 per cent to hit a fresh intra-day peak of 25,611.95.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 2,547.53 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude dipped 0.17 per cent to $74.75 a barrel.</p>