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BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty opened higher on Tuesday, aided by lenders on strong quarterly updates, ahead of corporate earnings for the March quarter.
The Nifty 50 rose 0.45 per cent to 17,705.55, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.44 per cent to 60,107.25 in early trade.
Barring information technology (IT), all the other 12 major sectoral indexes advanced.
The public sector bank index rose 2.5 per cent, aided by a 4 per cent uptick in shares of state-owned lender Bank of Baroda Ltd, while financials gained 0.7 per cent.
Several global brokerages reiterated "buy" on Bank of Baroda, after the lender saw a 19 per cent YoY rise in total advances for the March quarter.
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The Nifty has risen nearly 4 per cent over the past six sessions. Corporate earnings, scheduled from Tuesday, will be the near-term trigger for markets, according to analysts.
Casino gaming firm Delta Corp Ltd will report its Q4 earnings on Tuesday, followed by top information technology firm Tata Consultancy Services Ltd on Wednesday.
JP Morgan recently said that TCS and Infosys Ltd have highest exposure to regional banks in the US that are gripped under financial turmoil.
The two companies, and smaller rival LTIMindtree Ltd , might need to set aside provisions in the fourth quarter, according to JP Morgan.
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