Opening Bell: Sensex surges over 500 points, Nifty above 17700 level – Banking and financials lead the surge

The domestic market started Thursday’s session in line with its global peers, as Sensex gained over 500 points at the open and Nifty50 began above the 17700-level. Sectors such as IT, Realty, Banking, and Financials aided the maximum surge to the market today at the open.

At the market open, the BSE Sensex was up 503.16 points or 0.86 per cent to 59320.4 and Nifty50 was up 176.9 points or 1.01 per cent to 17711.7. Following the benchmarks suite, the broader markets jumped too as the Nifty mid cap up by 0.82 per cent and the Nifty small cap up by 0.7 at the open.