TIL Desk/Business/Mumbai/ Continuing its winning streak for a fourth straight session Monday, the BSE benchmark Sensex surged over 150 points as investors maintained their bullish stance in early trade on positive cues from other Asian bourses.
Strengthening rupee also supported the upward move in the domestic stock market, dealers said. The domestic unit gained paise 19 to 69.76 against the US dollar in morning trade. The 30-share index rose 160.03 points, or 0.44 per cent, to trade at 36,236.75.
In similar movement, the NSE Nifty breached the 10,900 mark, and was trading 50.20 points, or 0.46 per cent, higher at 10,910.10. On Friday, the Sensex had rallied 269.44 points or 0.75 per cent to finish at 36,076.72, while the broader NSE Nifty spurted 80.10 points, or 0.74 per cent, to 10,859.90.
