Sensex gains, helped by select blue-chips fresh round of buying

From the Sensex pack, ONGC, Tata Steel, ITC, Lupin, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, GAIL, M&M and Reliance Industries were trading in the positive zone, jumping by up to 1.43 per cent.

Sentiment, brokers said, turned for the better after investors made selective purchases and shrugged off a weak trend overseas and overnight losses on the Wall Street as investors awaited the outcome of a US jobs report.

Japan’s Nikkei was down 0.18 per cent while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.35 per cent in early trade. Chinese markets are closed all this week for the National Day holiday.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.07 per cent lower yesterday.

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