The Sensex rose 198 points and the Nifty recaptured the 9,900 mark in the opening trade today after buying in realty, oil and gas and banking stocks took a high speed up.
The BSE 30-share barometer went up 197.70 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 31,797.46. The gauge had lost 824 points in the previous six sessions, in line with a general weakness across the globe fuelled by escalating worries related to North Korea.