Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 opened higher on Tuesday, amid signs of stability emerging in other Asian markets.

Apart from global market moves, investors are also awaiting the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee meeting's decision scheduled for tomorrow, along with fourth quarter numbers from India Inc and macroeconomic data points later in the week.

At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74162.66 up by 1024.76 points or by 1.4 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22518.9 up by 357.3 points or by 1.61 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 74421.65 and intraday low of 73993.97 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22577.55 and intraday low of 22446.75

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3179.95,+5.17%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1927.00,+4.04%), State Bank of India (Rs. 770.70,+3.21%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8800.45,+2.72%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1141.20,+2.67%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2245.20,-0.11%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 289.15,-0.07%), among others.

CDS index was at 53509.08 up by 1389.94 points or by 2.67%. Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3179.95,+5.17%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 13017.65,+3.63%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1059.25,+2.78%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 249.35,+1.63%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1989.15,+1.52%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 23725.56 down by 175.97 points or by 0.75%. Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 274.40,-0.58%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 219.55,-0.16%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 187.60,-0.11%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 343.45,-0.01%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3224 , shares advanced were 2654 while 456 shares declined and 114 were unchanged.