Sensex rises more than 150 points; L&T, Sesa Goa gain

Reuters Market Eye - The benchmark BSE Sensex is up 0.95 percent, while the broader Nifty is up 0.87 percent, heading towards their third consecutive day of gains.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd gains 2.2 percent after Barclays upgrades the stock to "overweight", citing a potential recovery in earnings and valuations.

Sesa Goa Ltd gains 6 percent ahead of its inclusion in the BSE Sensex on Tuesday.

Hexaware Technologies Ltd gains 6 percent after Baring Private Equity Asia agreed to buy a controlling stake in the Indian outsourcing service provider for about $420 million.

Traders however remain wary about foreign flows after overseas investors sold about $720 million of shares in the previous six sessions through Friday, ahead of June quarter GDP data and the expiry of August derivatives contracts this week.

 

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi)