Recovering from one of the worst slumps in 2021 that domestic equity markets witnessed on Monday, the Indian markets opened on a positive note on the last trading day of the week on Friday. The positive opening comes amid positive global cues.

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Headline indices S&PBSE Sensex and the Nifty50 opened at 57,567.11, and 17,149.50 respectively on Friday.

SBI Life, ONGC, HCL Technology, IOC, Bajaj Finance, Wipro, TCS, Titan and Infosys were the top gainers on the two indices, while Powergrid, Kotak Bank, IndusInd Bank and Coal India, Sun Phrama and the State Bank of India declined

In the pre-open, the Sensex opened 253.64 points higher to 57,568.92 as 26 shares advanced, 2 declined and 2 remained neutral on Friday.

Earlier, SGX Nifty Futures too hinted at a positive opening for the Indian markets as the index was trading 85 points higher around 9.10 am on Friday.

Among the Asian indices, Nikkei 225 was trading 0.10% higher, Hang Seng Index was up 0.40% and Shanghai Composite was down 0.10% in the early morning trade on Friday.

Earlier on Thursday, the US Markets closed yet another session on a strong note. Dow Jones closed with gains of 0.55%, Nasdaq Composite added 0.85%, S&P 500 settled with gains of 0.62% and Russell 2000 surged 0.89% in Thursday's closing.