The markets have opened in green. The Sensex has opened up 75 points at 19,670, and the Nifty has added 37points to 5912. In the broader markets, the smallcap started at 10,266, up 0.6% and the midcap opened at 8,133, gaining 0.6% as compared to the benchmark index at 0.4%.
Among the sectoral indiceson the BSE, Consumer Durables gaining 2% leads followed by Health Care, FMCG, Teck and IT. The least gainers in the opening trades are Metal, Bankex and Oil & Gas.
Hindalco, Sterlite down nearly 1% and ICICI Bank losing 0.3% are the only losers on the Sensex.
In the gainers list are Reliance Communications up 1.5%, Wipro, ACC,Reliance Infrastructure and HDFC gaining nearly 1%.
Market breadth is extremely positive. Of the total 1898 stocks traded, 1377 stocks have advanced while 477 have declined.