Sensex surges over 100 points to reclaim 33000-mark in first trading session of FY 2018-19

Sensex gained over 100 points in the first trading session of FY 2018-19 amid positive global cues. The BSE benchmark reclaimed the 33,000-mark buoyed by aggressive buying in auto, infrastructure and healthcare stocks.

The 30-share BSE benchmark, which had lost 205.71 points in the last session of FY18 on Wednesday, rose 133.32 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 33,102.00.

Auto stocks such as Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, M&M and Bajaj Auto rose up to 2.46 per cent on the back of firm March sales data. Other gainers include Adani Ports, Dr Reddy's, L&T, RIL, Yes Bank, Tata Steel, Kotak Bank, Infosys, HDFC, ONGC, Sun Pharma, SBI, HDFC Bank and TCS that gained up to 1.51 per cent.

In contrast, ICICI Bank, Coal India, Axis Bank, Asian Paint, Wipro and Hindustan Unilever were trading in the negative zone. The broad-based NSE Nifty too was trading higher by 64.85 points, or 0.64 per cent, to 10,178.55.

Brokers said the beginning of the new financial year and April F&O series, amid positive Asian cues, boosted investor sentiment here. In the Asian region, Japan's Nikkei rose 0.50 per cent, while Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.20 per cent in early trade. Markets in Hong Kong are shut.