Opening Bell: Equity benchmark indices opened higher on Thursday as other global markets recovered from selling seen a day earlier. The BSE Sensex rose 200 points to 72,044 and the NSE Nifty gained 65 points to 21,900.
M&M, Wipro, NTPC, HCLTech, Infosys, Tech M, TCS and Power Grid led gains on the Sensex and Nifty.
On the flip side, Nestle, HUL, Axis Bank and Ultratech Cement were the top frontline losers.
The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were relatively higher with gains of nearly 1 per cent each.
