Despite mixed global market trends, buying in index giants Reliance Industries and banking counters aided equity benchmarks to start the trading day on a bullish note on Thursday.

In early trade, the Sensex rose 415.98 points to 59,959.94. Similarly, the Nifty climbed 127.55 points to 17,783.90.

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Titan, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Sun Pharma, HDFC, Dr Reddy’s, Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, and IndusInd Bank were the early Sensex pack winners.

Among the laggards were Maruti, NTPC, HCL Technologies, Infosys, and Bajaj Finance.

Asian markets are trading mostly in green with Hang Seng surging 266.48 points or 1.74% to 15,584.15, Taiwan Weighted advancing 170.29 points or 1.34% to 12,899.34, KOSPI rising 30.52 points or 1.36% to 2,280.08 and Jakarta Composite was up by 39.56 points or 0.56% to 7,083.50. On the other hand, Nikkei 225 lost 39.29 points or 0.14% to 27,392.55, Straits Times fell 5.10 points or 0.17% to 3,003.28 and Shanghai Composite was down by 2.08 points or 0.07% to 2,997.42.

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Wall Street had ended on a mixed note on Wednesday. The S&P 500 fell 28.51 points, or 0.7%, to 3,830.60. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.37 points, or less than 0.1%, to 31,839.11. The Nasdaq fell 228.12 points, or 2%, to 10,970.99. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 8.18 points, or 0.5%, to 1,804.33.

On Wednesday, stock exchanges were closed for ‘Diwali Balipratipada.’ On Tuesday, the Sensex fell 287.70 points, or 0.48%, to 59,543.96. The Nifty dropped 74.40 points, or 0.42%, to 17,656.35.

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Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have sold shares worth a net of Rs 247.01 crore, whereas domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth a net of Rs 872.88 crore on October 25, as per data available on the NSE.

Brent crude, the international standard for crude oil, was trading 0.27% higher at USD 95.95 a barrel. The rupee rose 67 paise to 82.14 versus the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday, as the greenback fell from its highs.