Mumbai Aug 23 (IANS) The key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher despite a muted Asian markets.
The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which had closed at 38 285.75 points on Tuesday opened higher at 38 416.65 points.
Minutes into trading it was quoting at 38 370.17 points up by 84.42 points or 0.22 per cent.
At the National Stock Exchange (NSE) the broader 51-scrip Nifty which had closed at 11 570.90 points on Tuesday was quoting at 11 620.70 points up by 49.80 points or 0.43 per cent.
The markets remained closed on Wednesday on account of Eid-al-Adha celebrations.
On Thursday Asian indices were showing mostly a mixed trend. Japan s Nikkei 225 was quoting in green up by 0.13 per cent while Hang Seng was down by 0.78 per cent South Korea s Kospi was down 0.19 per cent. China s Shanghai Composite index was trading in red down by 0.30 per cent.
Overnight Nasdaq closed in green up by 0.38 per cent while FTSE 100 was also up by 0.11 per cent at the closing on Wednesday.

--IANS bdc/ksk