Welcome to the Mint live blog. Track this space for the latest stock market updates. Indian shares failed to hold opening gains but closed in the green zone on Friday, tracking a surge in Asian equities, as Reliance Industries gained on yet another stake sale.
After touching an intraday high of 32,088.51 points, the benchmark Sensex settled 199 points or 0.6% higher at 31,642.70. Nifty advanced 52 points or 0.57% to close at 9,251.50.
Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Monday as investors looked ahead to more countries restarting their economies. Japan's Nikkei advance 1.4% in the early deals.
China's Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.25% Australia's ASX All Ordinaries climbed 1.3%. South Korea's KOSPI was marginally up 0.1%.