Sensex breaches 32000 level, Nifty trades above 9900 mark in early trade amid robust FII buying post corporate earnings

The benchmark Sensex breached the 32,000-mark and the NSE Nifty traded above the 9,900 level after overseas investors restored confidence in the markets post the robust corporate earnings over the last few days.

Other Asian markets ruled high following fresh record closing in the US market on strong earnings and higher oil prices. The Bank of Japan in a policy move kept interest rate steady.

The 30-share BSE index reclaimed the psychological 32,000-mark as it traded up 101.77 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 32,057.12. FMCG, bank, realty, power and auto were at the forefront. The gauge had rallied 244.36 points in the previous session.

The NSE Nifty spurted by 22.95 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 9,922.55. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 1,046.65 crore yesterday, as per provisional data.

Marketmen said unabated inflow of foreign funds and persistent buying by retail investors, buoyed by better-than- expected earnings by some blue-chip companies, helped the indices trade above their key levels.

Stocks of ONGC emerged as the top gainer by climbing 2.02 per cent after the Cabinet yesterday approved sale of the government's stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) to India's largest oil producer ONGC.

Stocks of Kotak Mahindra Bank and Reliance Industries were trading higher by up to 1.83 per cent ahead of earnings, to be released later in the day.
Other prominent gainers were ITC Ltd, Axis Bank, M&M, Tata Motors and Coal India. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.36 per cent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.25 per cent in early trade today. Shanghai Composite was up 0.27 per cent.