Mumbai: in early trade on Friday, the BSE benchmark Sensex jumped over 200 points and the NSE Nifty breached the 11,600 level driven by heavy buying in realty, metal and pharma stocks amid unabated foreign fund inflows and positive global cues. The 30-share index pared some ground and was trading 82.05 points, or 0.21 per cent, up at 38,627.77. It had rallied 412.84 points to 38,545.72 in the previous session. The broader Nifty also gained 50.85 points, or 0.44 per cent, to 11,620.85 in morning trade.

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However, top gainers include Vedanta, Yes Bank, SBI, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, HCL Tech, M&M, NTPC, TCS and HUL, rising up to 2.22 per cent. While, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, Coal India, HDFC, PowerGrid and Axis Bank were among the top laggards, shedding up to 0.82 per cent. All sectoral indices were trading in the green with BSE telecom, healthcare, metal, tech and power indices surging up to 1.80 per cent. Hemang Jani, Head - Advisory, Sharekhan by BNP Paribas said "The rise in equity market currently looks like a catch-up rally just before the 2019 general elections, especially in the case of private banks which are making new highs,".

To be noted  that according to experts, global economic growth concerns and the US Federal Reserve's dovish view on rates will give a positive impetus to emerging markets like India. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net of Rs 3,594.51 crore Thursday, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) sold shares worth Rs 2,080.22 crore, provisional data showed. The rupee, meanwhile, appreciated 15 paise against its previous close to trade at 69.15 in the early session.

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However, in the Asian region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.75 per cent, Korea's Kospi was up 0.31 per cent, Shanghai Composite Index soared 2.36 per cent and Japan's Nikkei rallied 0.95 per cent in late morning trade. On Wall Street, the US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.36 per cent higher on Thursday.