Sensex up by 130 points in early trade

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex opened higher by 130 points on Monday on sustained buying by funds.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex opened higher by 130 points on Monday on sustained buying by funds.

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The 30-share index, Sensex, rose by 129.69 to 20,095.69 points in the first five minutes of trade supported by heavy-weight stocks like Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and ICICI Bank.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index, Nifty, went up by 41 points to 6,015.30.