BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty opened more than per cent lowe

On the back of continued buying interest in the heavyweights, the 30-share benchmark index, Sensex is trading higher. All the segments are trading in the positive terrain.

Presently (10:52 am), the Sensex is trading at 17,842.83, up 225.23 points, whereas the broad based NSE Nifty is trading at 5,233.25, up 78.8 points.

BSE Midcap index climbed up 1.60% and Smallcap index gained around 1.57%.

Out of the total 2,193 stocks traded at the BSE, 1,570 progressed, 563 turned down whilst 60 remained unaffected.