Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Bombay Stock Exchange (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Three factors helped the market on Monday: easing crude oil, gains in Asian markets and relief after a long losing streak.
Brent crude fell about 2.2 percent to roughly 101.56 dollars a barrel.
Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s Kospi had closed higher.
The Sensex rose about 420 points in early trade.
The gains came after six straight weekly losses.
Some reports put the opening levels slightly lower, with the Sensex up about 330 points at 74,624.74 and the Nifty at about 23,372.
Market wraps later in the day reported the Sensex closing about 564 points higher at 74,858.99 and the Nifty about 68 points higher at 23,414.30.
The gains came as easing crude oil prices offered relief to a market that had been on edge over Middle East tensions.
Brent crude fell about 2.2 percent to roughly 101.56 dollars a barrel, and US crude fell about 2.4 percent to about 97.93 dollars.
Asian markets had closed broadly higher, with South Korea’s Kospi up 1.43 percent and Japan’s Nikkei up 1.38 percent.
InterGlobe Aviation, which runs IndiGo, rose about 1.55 percent to Rs 4,996.50, helped by lower fuel costs.
Sun Pharma rose about 1.39 percent and Reliance Industries about 1.36 percent in early trade.
Adani Ports fell about 2.8 percent, Bharti Airtel about 2.3 percent and Wipro about 1.8 percent.
The rebound followed a sixth consecutive weekly loss for the Sensex and Nifty, the longest such run in about six years for the Sensex.
Investors were also watching the closing of the Rs 22,569 crore NSE IPO, which had drawn liquidity from the secondary market.
Oil-importing India is sensitive to crude prices, since lower prices reduce the import bill and support the rupee and inflation outlook.
Market direction in the coming days is likely to depend on crude oil, foreign fund flows and developments in the Middle East.
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Bombay Stock Exchange (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
