Mumbai: Majority of Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) counters and select IT shares were in limelight extending April 30 gains at the opening session on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) following good buying support from operators as well as local funds.

PSU's stock continued their northward journey due to follow-up buying enquires from domestic institutions and high value investors.

The BSE-30 share Sensitive Index opened strong at 3361.31 and rallied further to a high of 3383.93. However profit-booking trimmed early gains and fell back to a low of 3357.76 before being quoted at 3362.20 at 10:35 hours (IST) as against April 30 close of 3338.16.

PTI