Domestic benchmarks Sensex and Nifty opened higher on Thursday, amid upbeat global cues and the US Federal Reserve’s 25-basis-point rate cut overnight.

At 9:30 am, the BSE Sensex rose 50.78 points, or 0.06%, to 84,442.05 after gaining nearly 149 points in early trade. The NSE Nifty climbed 21.05 points, or 0.08%, to 25,779.05, after briefly touching a high 25,803.05 Advertisement

Among Sensex constituents, Eternal led gainers, rising 1.38% to Rs 287.25. Tata Steel rose 1.26%, while Adani Ports, Infosys and L&T gained 0.82%, 0.74%, and 0.54%, respectively.

Wall Street ended higher overnight as all three major indices closed the session in the green. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.05% to 48,057.75, while the S&P 500 rose 0.67% to close at 6,886.68. The tech-savvy Nasdaq Comp

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