Updated on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 11:09 IST Tags:Sensex, Stock

Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark index Sensex moved up by over 47 points in opening trade on Tuesday on continued capital inflows by funds and retail investors, driven by overnight gains on the US market.

The 30-share BSE Sensex rose by 47.66 points to 17,080.17 points in opening trade with shares of IT, auto and consumer durable sectors leading the rise.

The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty moved up by 15.95 points to 5,074.00 points.

Brokers said sentiments on the domestic bourses remained buoyant on overnight gains on the US market which ended at 13-month high mainly triggered buying by foreign funds.

Among prominent gainers-- Infosys Technologies shot up by 1.21 percent to Rs 2,379.20, Wipro by 0.63 percent to Rs 640.20, Jaiprakash Associates by 1.70 percent to Rs 238.70, Sterlite Industries up by 1.16 percent to Rs 877.05, Tata Steel by 1.54 percent to Rs 543.30 and Larsen and Toubro by 0.14 percent to Rs 1,652.90.

Auto stocks such as Tata Motors gained 0.17 percent at Rs 635 and Mahindra and Mahindra traded 0.24 percent higher at Rs 1,050.10 on strong fundamentals.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1.36 percent up at 13-month high in yesterday's trading but Asian shares remained mixed in the morning trade.

Bureau Report