New Delhi, 2 January (H.S.): The domestic stock market is seeing a rise in early trade for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Today's trade also started with a rise. Immediately after the market opened, there was selling pressure, but in a short while buyers took over, due to which both Sensex and Nifty indexes gained momentum.

After the first one hour of trading, Sensex was trading with a gain of 0.50 percent and Nifty with a gain of 0.45 percent.

After the first one hour of trading, among the stock market's leading stocks, shares of Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, ONGC, Infosys and Kotak Mahindra were trading with a gain of 3.11 percent to 1.62 percent.

On the other hand, shares of Sun Pharmaceuticals, Britannia, NTPC, Adani Enterprises and Tata Consumer Products were seen trading with a decline of 0.88 percent to 0.33 percent.

So far, active trading was taking place in 2,360 shares in the stock market. Of these, 1,566 shares were trading in the green mark by making profits, while 794 shares were trading in the red mark by suffering losses. Similarly, out of the 30 stocks included in the Sensex, 23 stocks remained in the green mark with the support of buying.

Seven stocks were trading in the red mark under the pressure of selling. While out of the 50 stocks included in the Nifty, 35 stocks were seen trading in the green mark and 15 stocks in the red mark.

The BSE Sensex today jumped 150.11 points to open at 78,657.52 points. As soon as the trading started, due to the selling pressure, this index fell to 78,542.37 points, but after a while, due to the support of buying, this index gained momentum.

With the support of continuous buying, this index jumped to 78,936.65 points. After the first 1 hour of trading amid continuous buying and selling in the market, at 10:15 am, the Sensex was trading at a level of 78,902.08 points with a strength of 394.67 points. Like the Sensex, NSE's Nifty started trading today with a gain of 40.10 points at the level of 23,783 points. As soon as the market opened, this index also fell marginally due to selling pressure, but after a while, due to the start of buying, this index gained momentum again. After the initial 1 hour of trading amid continuous buying and selling in the market, at 10:15 am, Nifty was trading at 23,848.70 points with a gain of 105.80 points.

Earlier on the last trading day on Wednesday, the Sensex closed at 78,507.41 points with a gain of 368.40 points i.e. 0.47 percent. At the same time, Nifty ended Wednesday's trading at the level of 23,742.90 points with a rise of 98.10 points or 0.41 percent.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar