Budget 2019: Sensex crosses 40 thousand mark in opening trade

Budget 2019: Sensex crosses 40 thousand mark in opening trade

Ahead of Budget 2019, BSE Sensex breached the 40, 000 mark and was trading at 40,003 at 9.19 PM. Nifty too opened in the green and was trading at 11, 974 points, up 28 points.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the budget at 11 AM, and it will be interesting to see how the sensex reacts to the first budget of the Modi government,.

Equity benchmarks ended on a positive note for the fourth straight session Thursday after the Economic Survey projected India's economic growth rebounding from a five-year low to 7 per cent this fiscal.Investors also remained optimistic that the Modi 2.0 government's first Budget, to be presented Friday, will propose measures to boost consumption and revive growth, analysts said.

The 30-share BSE Sensex settled 68.81 points, or 0.17 per cent, higher at 39,908.06, while the broader NSE Nifty climbed 30 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 11,946.75.