After making closure on a strong note on Wednesday (June 25), the 30 share index, Sensex today opened on a positive note following global cues as in yesterday meeting the Federal Reserve said that the U.S. economy in on recovery.

Asian markets advanced in the early session of trade on Thursday (June 26).

At 10.08 am, the BSE Sensex gained 161.27 points at 14,381.31, whereas NSE Nifty stood at 4,285.55, up 32.90 points.

The market breath was positive as it experienced 912 (79.03%) progressions as against 226 (19.88%) declinations.

All the sectoral indices were trading in positive zone.

Gainers on the index included, Jai Prakash, which surged 1.81%, ICICI Bank and RIL rose over 1.5% each. L&T, Hindalco, Satyam Computers and HDFC were other gainers.

Laggards on the index were Bharti Airtel, which plunged 1.28%, DLF and Maruti Suzuki fell 0.97% and 0.31% respectively. Grasim and HUL were other losers.