Indian benchmark equity indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, opened higher on Tuesday, supported by improving global cues. This comes as President Donald Trump signaled a more lenient approach to imposing reciprocal tariffs, despite his continued threats of tariffs on additional sectors.

At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78508.56 up by 524.18 points or by 0.67 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23786.2 up by 127.85 points or by 0.54 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 78522.58 and intraday low of 78085.53 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23794.15 and intraday low of 23664.9

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1657.00,+3.30%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11375.25,+2.94%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1943.50,+2.57%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1629.05,+2.31%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3700.00,+1.88%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 657.65,-1.72%), Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 219.65,-1.37%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2317.15,-0.21%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 158.05,-0.19%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1299.35,-0.15%), among others.

IT index was at 37317.56 up by 704.87 points or by 1.93%. Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 740.35,+6.13%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 728.45,+4.27%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1657.00,+3.30%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1537.75,+3.27%), L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 4724.00,+3.17%),.

Metal index was at 31218.95 down by -135.22 points or by -0.43%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 184.50,-1.31%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 447.40,-1.28%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 466.90,-1.11%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 694.90,-0.93%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1523.95,-0.78%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3475 , shares advanced were 1748 while 1564 shares declined and 163 were unchanged.