Mumbai : The BSE Sensex on Thursday surged 226 points to 72,378 in the opening session as buying was seen across the board amid a mixed trend in the Asian market.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 69.65 points to 22,000.50.
The Sensex registered intraday highs and lows at 72,473.42 and 72,279.86 points, respectively.
The Nifty registered intraday highs and lows at 22,011.04 and 21,959.55 points respectively.
The Mid Cap rose by 0.80 pc and the Small Cap by 0.19 pc.
In 30 scrips, 21 advanced while 9 declined.
The gainers were Powergrid by 5.36 pc to be 282.30, HCL Technology by 1.66 pc to be Rs 1641.75, IndusInd Bank by 1.42 pc to be Rs 1535.90, M&M by 0.07 pc to be Rs 1738.60, and Wipro by 0.83 pc to be Rs 492.20.
The losers were ITC by 1.20 pc to Rs 426.70, Maruti Suzuki by 1.10 pc to Rs 10,810.85, Bajaj Finance by 0.42 pc to Rs 6689.70, and Nestle India Ltd by 0.28 pc to Rs 2492.