Mumbai Feb 1 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices on Thursday opened higher ahead of the Union Budget 2018-19 presentation by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament.
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 157.21 points or 0.44 per cent higher soon after opening.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 46.25 points or 0.42 per cent higher at 11 073.95 points.
The Sensex of the BSE which opened at 36 048.99 points was trading at 36 122.23 points (at 9.16 a.m.) higher 157.21 points or 0.44 per cent from the previous day s close at 35 965.02 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 36 136.40 points and a low of 36 021.88 points in the trade so far.
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