MUMBAI: BSE and Nationwide Inventory Alternate (NSE) of India had been closed on Thursday on account of Mahashivratri.
Wholesale commodity markets together with bullion and metals had been additionally shut. There was no buying and selling in international trade and commodity futures markets as nicely.
A day earlier, the BSE S&P Sensex closed 254 factors or 0.5 per cent greater at 51,280 whereas the Nifty 50 ticked up by 76 factors or 0.51 per cent to fifteen,175.
On the sectoral entrance, Nifty IT was up by 1.4 per cent, auto by 1.3 per cent and realty by 1.2 per cent.
In the meantime, Asian shares prolonged their rebound from a two-month low on Thursday after a report on US shopper costs calmed issues about inflation.
An index of regional shares excluding Japan rose by 0.7 per cent, led by a 1.7 per cent surge in South Korea’s Kospi.
China’s Shanghai Composite rallied by 1.6 per cent whereas Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained by 0.5 per cent.