The Indian stock market opened in the green amid the global uncertainties due to the ongoing US-China trade war.
At 9:15 am, the BSE benchmark Sensex was up by more than 1,000 points and trading at 74,942.46. The NSE Nifty was trading at 22,746.40, up by 347.25 points from the previous close.
The market closed in the red after the previous trading session ended on Wednesday, April 10.
The Sensex was down by 379.93 points or 0.51 per cent, reaching 73,847.15. The Nifty was 136.70 points down or 0.61 per cent in the red, reaching 22,399.15.
Among the Sensex stocks, SBI fell the most by 3.43 per cent, trading at ₹742.05. This was followed by Tech Mahindra, which was down 3.25 per cent, trading at ₹1,272.20, and Larsen & Toubro, which was up by 3.23 per cent, trading at ₹3,059.10.
12 of the Sensex stocks were in the green.
Among the Nifty sectoral indices, the PSU Bank Index fell the most by 2.52 per cent, reaching 6,092.55. This was followed by Nifty IT, which was down 2.19 per cent, reaching 32,517.35, and Nifty Pharma, which was down 1.97 per cent, reaching 19,976.30.
