OPENING BELL

SENSEX UP + 137.56 @ 28112.36,

NIFTY FUTURE UP + 34 @ 8695.00,

BANK NIFTY FUTURE UP + 53 @ 19503.00,

USD/INR – 66.69.

The Sensex is up 128.24 points or 0.5 percent at 28112.61, and the Nifty is up 37.70 points or 0.4 percent at 8696.80. Share Market Tips : About 972 shares have advanced, 188 shares declined, and 51 shares are unchanged. ICICI, ONGC, GAIL, HDFC and Reliance are top gainers.

RBL Bank | Quess Corp | DLF | Hindustan Zinc | GAIL | Mangalam Organics | KPIT Technologies | Aptech | Tata Coffee | Agro Tech Foods | Ajanta Pharma | NBCC | Suzlon Energy | Ashoka Buildcon | Coal India and NCC are stocks, which are in the news today.

The Indian rupee has opened lower at 66.68 a dollar compared with previous day’s closing of 66.67 per dollar.