MUMBAI: Indian benchmark indices opened in green zone on Monday, breaking the last week's trend of edging lower, amid strong buying in the US and China markets.
As of 9.30 am, the Sensex advanced 507 points, or 0.60 per cent, at 84, 436 and the Nifty added 165 points, or 0.64 per cent to 26, 132.
The broad cap indices performed in line with the benchmarks, with the Nifty Midcap 100 up 0.58 per cent and the Nifty Smallcap 100 adding 0.51 per cent.
Hindalco, Tech Mahindra and TCS were among the major gainers in the Nifty Pack, while losers included Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance, Max Healthcare and Cipla.
All the sectoral indices on NSE were trading in the green with metal, IT and media being the major gainers -- up around 1.48, 1.23 and 0.77 per cent, respectively.