Thursday, August 10 2006 11:55 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark, Sensex, rose by over 50 points in early trade today (Aug 10, 2006) on buying by funds and retail investors in select blue-chip stocks.

The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex), which had gained 130.21 points in the previous trading session, gathered another 50.86 points at 11,196.04 points in the first five minutes of trading.

Similarly, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty rose by 14.30 points at 3,268.90.

The major gainers, which lifted the Sensex were Hero Honda, Dr Reddy, ACC, Infosys Technologies, Maruti Udyog, Bajaj Auto, ICICI Bank, Wipro, Larsen and Toubro, State Bank of India and Ranbaxy Lab.