New Delhi: Equity benchmark indices opened higher on Monday amid buying in blue-chip stocks, supported by strong corporate earnings for the second quarter.

The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 234.42 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 84,797.20 in early trade, while the NSE Nifty climbed 56.10 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 25,966.15.

Among the major gainers on the Sensex were Kotak Mahindra Bank, State Bank of India, Titan, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, Larsen & Toubro, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, Bharat Electronics Ltd, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki India, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Bajaj Finserv.

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, UltraTech Cement, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, PowerGrid, and Trent were among the laggards.

“Q2 results declared so far indicate an uptrend in earnings growth. Net profits have grown

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