New Delhi, 10 February (H.S.): On Tuesday, Indian equities opened bullishly in early trading during the Budget Session, with BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty rebounding robustly after transient selling pressure, buoyed by aggressive buying that propelled both benchmarks to gains exceeding 0.3% within the first hour.

Commencing at 11 a.m., Sensex debuted 144.25 points higher at 84,210 before dipping to 84,063.47 amid profit-taking; buyers swiftly dominated post-10 minutes, lifting it 259.55 points—or 0.31%—to 84,325.30 by 10:15 a.m. Nifty mirrored, starting 55.35 points up at 25,922.65, sliding to 25,870.45, then reclaiming 83.60 points—or 0.32%—to 25,950.90.

Monday's close—Sensex at 84,065.75 (up 485.35 or 0.58%), Nifty at 25,867.30 (up 173.60 or 0.68%)—set optimistic tone amid global positivity.

Gainers and Losers Spotlight

Blue-chips Eternal, Tata Steel (up ~2.5-4.1%), Jio Financial, Tech Mahindra, and Maruti Suzuki advanced 1.44-2.75%; decliners included Bajaj Finance, Shriram Finance, SBI Life Insurance, InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo), and Asian Paints (down 0.66-1.41%).

Among 2,711 active stocks, 1,962 traded green, 749 red; Sensex's 30 saw 23 gainers, 7 laggards; Nifty's 50 had 36 up, 14 down.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar