Market Opening Bell: Sensex, Nifty surge amid positive global cues, IT stocks rally

Indian equity benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty, started Tuesday's trading session in green, buoyed by expectations of a U.S. rate cut as early as next week. The 30-share BSE Sensex added 342.39 points to start the session at 81,129.69; the Nifty gained 90.95 points to open at 24,864.10. In the last trading session, the Sensex closed at 80,787.30 and the Nifty 50 at 24,773.15. Similarly, the broader indices also traded in the green in the opening session. While the BSE Midcap was up 92.86 points, or 0.20 per cent, in the early trading session, the BSE Smallcap index added 121.43 points, or 0.23 per cent, to trade at 53,032.06. 

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