sensex rises over 250 pts in early trade nifty above 10900mumbai domestic equity benchmark sensex jumped over 250 points in opening session on tuesday tracking massive foreign fund inflow and gains in global equities the bse sensex was trading 23855 points or 065 percent higher at 3717815 while the nse nifty was up 7095 points or 065 percent at 1096255 ongc was the top gainer in the sensex pack rising over 1 per cent followed by itc asian paints reliance industries maruti bajaj auto and ntpc on the other hand indusind bank hcl tech tech mahindra powergrid and bajaj finance were among the laggards advt in the previous session the 30share sensex ended 66729 points or 177 per cent lower at 3693960 while the nse nifty tumbled 18185 points or 164 per cent to 1089160 exchange data showed that foreign institutional investors purchased equities worth rs 781849 crore on a net basis on monday according to traders heavy foreign fund inflow and positive cues from global markets cheered investors bourses in shanghai hong kong tokyo and seoul were trading with gains in midday deals stock exchanges on wall street too ended on a positive note in overnight session global oil benchmark brent crude was trading 086 per cent lower at usd 4377 per barrel also read oil prices drop on fuel demand worries as coronavirus flares up pti published on aug 4 2020 at 0219 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app sensex today sensex oil and natural gas corporation ongc bse sensex nifty homenewsindustrysensex rises over 250 pts in early trade nifty above 10900