Mumbai; BSE benchmark Sensex improved by over 180 points to 28,232.15 in early trade today.30-share index, which had lost 156.76 points in the last session, rebounded 180.29 points or 0.64 % to 28,232.15 with all the sectoral indices led by metal, infra, oil&gas, realty and auto, trading in positive zone, rising up to 1.17 %.Likewise, NSE Nifty was quoting 58.00 points or 0.67 % senior at 8,696.50.
As per the brokers said, “Buying activity picked up as investors indulged in widening their bets after the government listed the much-awaited GST bill for consideration and passage in Rajya Sabha's agenda for this week”
“A firming trend in the Asian region also influenced buying”, they said
The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.13 % inferior in Friday's trade on below-par growth data.