Healthy buying was witnessed in banking oil and gas and metal counters.
The 51-scrip Nifty50 at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened at 11 443.50 points against its previous close of 11 369.90 points.
At 9.42 a.m. the Nifty50 traded at 11 431.60 points higher by 61.70 points or 0.54 per cent from its previous close.
The S&P BSE Sensex which had opened at 37 939.29 points traded at 37 899.46 points higher by 181.50 points or 0.48 per cent from its previous close of 37 717.96 points.
So far it has touched an intra-day high of 38 058.92 points and low of 37 874.33 points.
Stock exchanges were closed on Thursday on account of Ganesh Chaturthi.
--IANS ravi-rrb/in
