India Stocks: Indian shares open higher led by financials

Sbi Life Insurance

29/04/2024 05:01

(Updates at 9:29 a.m IST)
       BENGALURU, April 29 (Reuters) - Indian shares opened
higher on Monday, supported by financials after post-results
gains in SBI Life Insurance  SBIL.NS  and ICICI Bank  ICBK.NS .
    The NSE Nifty 50  .NSEI  was up 0.38% at 22,506.80 as of
9:29 a.m. IST, while the S&P BSE Sensex  .BSESN  added 0.49% to
74,085.35.
        The high-weightage financial services index  .NIFTYFIN 
rose 0.7%. Twelve of the 13 major sectors logged gains.
  
      
  

 (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio
D'Souza and Sonia Cheema)
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