Mumbai, May 14 || The Indian frontline indices opened in the green on Wednesday after retail inflation hit multi-year low and geo-political tensions eased.
At around 9:25 am, Sensex was up 414 points or 0.51 per cent at 81,562 and Nifty was up 136 points or 0.55 per cent at 24,712.
Buying was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 510 points or 0.92 per cent at 56,030 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 132 points or 0.78 per cent at 17,035.
On the sectoral front, all indices were trading in the green. Auto, IT, PSU bank, FMCG, metal, energy, infra and PSE were major gainers.
“After a positive opening, Nifty can find support at 24,500 followed by 24,400 and 24,300. On the higher side, 24,700 can be an immediate resistance, followed by 24,800 and 24,850," said Hardik Matalia from Choice Broking.
In the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Eternal, HCL Tech, M&M, Bajaj Finserv, L&T, TCS, SBI and NTPC were major gainers. On the other hand, Tata Motors, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank, HUL, Nestle and Kotak Mahindra Bank were major losers.
Earlier, India’s retail inflation fell to 3.16 per cent in April from 3.34 per cent in March, to its lowest level since July 2019.
“With crude oil prices sharply easing, domestic demand softer, and food prices contained, we expect the RBI to cut rates aggressively,” said Devarsh Vakil, Head of Prime Research at HDFC Securities.