Benchmark equity indices climbed in early trade on Monday helped by a rally in Tata Motors and firm trend in the US markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 193.43 points to 72,279.06 in early trade. The Nifty went up by 51.15 points to 21,904.95.
At 10:13 am, Sensex was trading 204.37 points higher at 72,290.00, whereas 76.60 points trading up at 21,930.40.
Among the Sensex firms, Tata Motors jumped nearly 8 per cent after the company on Friday reported two-fold jump in net profit at Rs 7,100 crore for December 2023 quarter.
Sun Pharma, Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata Steel, NTPC, Tech Mahindra and Tata Consultancy Services were among the other major gainers.
