Sensex on Wednesday, 15 April ended 310.21 points lower at 30,379.81 while Nifty dropped 68.55 points to 8,925.30.
Indian equity markets resumed on a positive note at the opening on Wednesday after Tuesday's holiday, erasing the losses made during Monday's trading session.
Sensex jumped 570 points to 31,260 in the opening session, while Nifty surged 168 points to 9,162. HDFC Twines, HUL, and Infosys contributed to gains on Nifty.
Among sectoral indices, all of them opened with gains, led by the Nifty Bank, which opened 3.1 percent higher.
Market breadth was in favour of the gainers with 1,184 stocks opening trade with gains, while 253 opened with losses.
(With inputs from BloombergQuint and PTI.)
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