Stock markets on Tuesday opened in green. While the BSE Sensex opened at 30,864.27, up by over 191 points or 0.6 per cent the Nifty 50 today opened around 9,099.75, over 60 points or 0.6 per cent up from the Friday close. Indian equity, money and commodity markets were closed on Monday on account of Eid-Ul-Fitr.  

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At the time of opening, the top gainers on the 30-share BSE Sensex on Tuesday were ITC, Indusind Bank, Ultratech Cement Company, HCL Technologies and Bajaj Finance while top losers were Bharti Airtel and Power Grid. In the 30-share BSE Sensex, 28 were in green at the time of opening.

Meanwhile, HDFC Bank, ITC, Indusind Bank, JSW Steel and ICICI Bank were the top gainers on Nifty Fifty on Tuesday. The top losers were BPCL, Grasim Industries, Cipla, Hindalco Industries and Asian Paints. 

On Friday both Sensex and Nifty ended the day in the red. While the 30-share Sensex was down by over 260 points or 0.8 per cent ending the day at 30,672.59, the broader market Nifty 50 ended at 9,039.25, down by 67 points or 0.7 per cent.

Today, the rupee was trading at 75.7375 against the USD at 9:25 am.

Among the global stock markets, Asian shares crept ahead on Tuesday following an upbeat session in Europe and further gains in U.S. stock futures as investors looked past Sino-U.S. trade tensions to a re-opening world economy. Japan`s Nikkei led the way with a rise of 1 per cent to its highest since early March when the economic impact of the coronavirus was just becoming clear. MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.1 per cent in early trade, while South Korea rose 0.4 per cent.

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While Wall Street had been shut on Monday, E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 were up just over 1 per cent after EUROSTOXX 50 futures added over 2 per cent on Monday.

Inputs from Reuters