Equity markets clocked a gap-up start on the bourses today(12th Nov.2021) amid across-the-board buying. Besides, firm Asian cues also supported the sentiment on the Street.
The S&P BSE Sensex was up 362 points, or 0.6 percent, in early deals at 60,281.5 levels while the Nifty50 quoted at 17,973-mark, up 100 points.
Among individual stocks, Tata Steel added around 2 percent after the Tata Group company reported an 8-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 11,918 crore in the September quarter.
Sun Pharma, Kotak Bank, Nestle India, Tech M, Infosys, and HDFC were the other top gainers on the Sensex. Meanwhile, in the broader market, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added up to 0.65 percent.
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