Sensex registers good beginning, recoupes over 127 pts

Sensex registers good beginning, recoupes over 127 pts

The Sensex registered a good beginning on Tuesday as it recouped over 127 points after Monday's loss, with Asia providing a positive backdrop amid sustained foreign inflows.

The 30-share index was trading higher by 127.47 points, or 0.43%, at 29,364.62, with all indices led by technology, IT, power and healthcare trading in the green with gains up to 0.79%. The gauge had lost 184.25 points in the previous session.

The NSE Nifty rose by 46.35 points, or 0.51%, to 9,091.55. Retail investors got back to buying and foreign money kept coming in amid a firming Asian trend on renewed optimism for tax reforms in the US. Major players that supported the recovery were Axis Bank, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, Wipro, HDFC Ltd, Asian Paints, NTPC and ICICI Bank, gaining by up to 1.96%.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up by 0.50% while Japan's Nikkei rose 1.07% in early trade on Tuesday. Shanghai Composite, however, shed 0.23%. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.22% lower on Monday.