<p>Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 500 points and Nifty jumped more than 150 points in late afternoon session on Wednesday after trading hours were extended following a technical glitch at NSE.</p>.<p>Minutes before the scheduled closure of trade at 3.30 pm, leading bourses BSE and NSE said their equity and derivatives markets will remain open till 5 pm.</p>.<p>The move came after the National Stock Exchange (NSE) suffered an outage earlier in the day due to technical glitches. Trading across segments came to a halt at 1140 hrs due to connectivity issues.</p>.<p>However, the broader Indian markets were not impacted as communication lines at BSE remained operational.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/nse-halts-trading-due-to-technical-glitch-954712.html" target="_blank">NSE halts trading due to technical glitch</a></strong></p>.<p>After resumption of trade at 3.45 pm, NSE Nifty was quoting 152.95 points or 1.04 per cent up at 14,860.75.</p>.<p>The 30-share BSE index was trading 551.03 points or 1.11 per cent higher at 50,302.44.</p>.<p>HDFC Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 3 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, SBI, Axis Bank, HDFC and Reliance Industries.</p>.<p>On the other hand, TCS, Dr Reddy’s, NTPC, Sun Pharma and Bajaj Auto were among the laggards.</p>.<p>Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo ended on a negative note.</p>.<p>Stock exchanges in Europe, however, were trading with gains in mid-session deals.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the global oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.59 per cent higher at USD 64.86 per barrel.</p>
<p>Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 500 points and Nifty jumped more than 150 points in late afternoon session on Wednesday after trading hours were extended following a technical glitch at NSE.</p>.<p>Minutes before the scheduled closure of trade at 3.30 pm, leading bourses BSE and NSE said their equity and derivatives markets will remain open till 5 pm.</p>.<p>The move came after the National Stock Exchange (NSE) suffered an outage earlier in the day due to technical glitches. Trading across segments came to a halt at 1140 hrs due to connectivity issues.</p>.<p>However, the broader Indian markets were not impacted as communication lines at BSE remained operational.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/nse-halts-trading-due-to-technical-glitch-954712.html" target="_blank">NSE halts trading due to technical glitch</a></strong></p>.<p>After resumption of trade at 3.45 pm, NSE Nifty was quoting 152.95 points or 1.04 per cent up at 14,860.75.</p>.<p>The 30-share BSE index was trading 551.03 points or 1.11 per cent higher at 50,302.44.</p>.<p>HDFC Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 3 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, SBI, Axis Bank, HDFC and Reliance Industries.</p>.<p>On the other hand, TCS, Dr Reddy’s, NTPC, Sun Pharma and Bajaj Auto were among the laggards.</p>.<p>Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo ended on a negative note.</p>.<p>Stock exchanges in Europe, however, were trading with gains in mid-session deals.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the global oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.59 per cent higher at USD 64.86 per barrel.</p>