<p>Mumbai: Equity benchmark index Sensex ticked higher on Thursday to settle at 81,000 level while Nifty closed above 24,800 following buying in commodity, telecom and consumer stocks amid a firm trend in global markets.</p><p>Rising for the third straight day, the 30-share BSE Sensex rose 147.89 points or 0.18 per cent to close at 81,053.19, registering gains for the third day in a row. During the day, it climbed 331.15 points to hit an intra-day high of 81,236.45.</p><p>Extending gains to a sixth session in a row, the NSE Nifty went up by 41.30 points or 0.17 per cent to end at 24,811.50.</p>.Sensex, Nifty rise on firm global market trends.<p>Bharti Airtel was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 1.63 per cent, followed by Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Titan, Asian Paints and Ultratech Cements.</p><p>On the other hand, M&M, NTPC, Tata Motors, TCS and PowerGrid were the major losers.</p><p>"The domestic market witnessed modest gains owing to the positive global sentiments. Particularly, the recent signs of weakness in the US non-farm payroll data have strengthened the case for potential interest rate cuts in September," Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services said.</p><p>In Asian markets, Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong closed with gains, while Shanghai ended in the negative territory on Thursday.</p><p>European markets were trading with significant gains in the mid-session deals.</p><p>The US stock markets gained in overnight trade on Wednesday.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) again turned sellers on Wednesday as they offloaded equities worth Rs 799.74 crore, according to exchange data.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude rose 0.21 per cent to USD 76.21 a barrel.</p><p>On Wednesday, the 30-share index rose by 102.44 points to close at 80,905.30. The NSE Nifty went up by 71.35 points to end at 24,770.20.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Equity benchmark index Sensex ticked higher on Thursday to settle at 81,000 level while Nifty closed above 24,800 following buying in commodity, telecom and consumer stocks amid a firm trend in global markets.</p><p>Rising for the third straight day, the 30-share BSE Sensex rose 147.89 points or 0.18 per cent to close at 81,053.19, registering gains for the third day in a row. During the day, it climbed 331.15 points to hit an intra-day high of 81,236.45.</p><p>Extending gains to a sixth session in a row, the NSE Nifty went up by 41.30 points or 0.17 per cent to end at 24,811.50.</p>.Sensex, Nifty rise on firm global market trends.<p>Bharti Airtel was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 1.63 per cent, followed by Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Titan, Asian Paints and Ultratech Cements.</p><p>On the other hand, M&M, NTPC, Tata Motors, TCS and PowerGrid were the major losers.</p><p>"The domestic market witnessed modest gains owing to the positive global sentiments. Particularly, the recent signs of weakness in the US non-farm payroll data have strengthened the case for potential interest rate cuts in September," Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services said.</p><p>In Asian markets, Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong closed with gains, while Shanghai ended in the negative territory on Thursday.</p><p>European markets were trading with significant gains in the mid-session deals.</p><p>The US stock markets gained in overnight trade on Wednesday.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) again turned sellers on Wednesday as they offloaded equities worth Rs 799.74 crore, according to exchange data.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude rose 0.21 per cent to USD 76.21 a barrel.</p><p>On Wednesday, the 30-share index rose by 102.44 points to close at 80,905.30. The NSE Nifty went up by 71.35 points to end at 24,770.20.</p>