The Sensex rose 339.81 points in early trade on Friday, following a four-day dip, amid mixed global market patterns.

The BSE Sensex was 339.81 points higher at 53,755.96. The NSE Nifty gained 72.35 points to 16,011.

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Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel, Nestle, Larsen & Toubro, Asian Paints, Titan, Maruti, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Reliance Industries were the top gainers on the Sensex. The laggards were Wipro, Tata Steel, HCL Technologies, Axis Bank, Tech Mahindra, and Bajaj Finance.

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In Asia, Seoul and Tokyo were trading higher, while Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading down. On Thursday, the US markets closed on a mixed note.

On Thursday, the BSE benchmark fell 98 points, or 0.18%, to 53,416.15. The Nifty closed at 15,938.65, down 28 points or 0.18%.

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Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 309.06 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) offloaded shares worth a net Rs 556.4 crore in the Indian equity market on July 14, as per provisional data available on the NSE.

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“The major drag on the market continues to be the FII selling which has exceeded USD 30 billion, so far this year. But this month, FIIs have been buyers for 2 days including yesterday. This means some of the FIIs have started buying in segments where valuations have become attractive,” said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

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Separately, the international oil benchmark Brent crude increased 0.99% to USD 100.08 a barrel. The rupee rose 7 paise to 79.92 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, boosted by a strong trend in domestic stocks and fresh foreign capital inflows.