Equity indices at day's high, Sensex jumps 500 points

The Indian equity benchmark indices were trading in the green on Tuesday afternoon.

The 30-scrip BSE Sensex opened at 44,435.83 and was trading at 44,684.05 (at 2:30 pm), up by 534.33 points or 1.21%. 

Similarly, 50-scrip NSE Nifty was trading at 13,111.75 points (at 2:30 pm), up by 142.80 points or 1.10%.

During the trading session, the sectors trading high were — realty up by 3.24 per cent, telecom higher by 2.86 per cent, oil and gas went up by 2.21 per cent and utilities increased by 1.85 per cent. The sector trading low was — consumer durables down by 0.17 per cent.

(With inputs from agencies)