Sensex above 60300, Nifty near 18000; TCS, Infosys shares rise over 1%

Indian equity indices extended Tuesday’s losses and opened in red on Wednesday. BSE Sensex fell 138.75 points or 0.23% to 59,976.73 and NSE Nifty dipped 30.15 pts or 0.17% to 17,884.00 in the opening session.

On Tuesday, BSE Sensex fell 631.83 pts or 1.04% to close at 60,115.48, and NSE Nifty 50 was down 187 points or 1.03% at 17,914.20. Asian markets were trading higher today with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rising 1.29%, Shanghai Composite in mainland China climbing 0.27% and Japan’s Nikkei225 advanced 1.05%.

Meanwhile, major US indices ended the overnight session in green. The S&P 500 rose 0.70%, the Nasdaq advanced 1.01% and the Dow closed 0.56% higher.