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BENGALURU, April 10 (Reuters) - Indian shares opened
higher on Monday, aided by auto and realty stocks following
strong quarterly business updates, but rising odds of a U.S.
Federal Reserve rate hike in May capped gains.
The Nifty 50 rose 0.12% at 17,622.70, as of 9:38
a.m. IST, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.10% to
59,893.25.
The Nifty and the Sensex have risen nearly 4% over the past
five sessions. Investors now await the corporate earnings for
the quarter-ended March, scheduled to begin this week.
Eleven of the 13 major sectoral indexes advanced, with auto
stocks rising 0.8%.
Tata Motors surged over 5% and was the top gainer
in the Nifty, after several brokerages reiterated a "buy" rating
and maintained positive view of the company after its business
update for the March quarter. Tata Motors said JLR sales rose in
Q4 as chip supply recovered.
Realty stocks jumped over 1.5%. Sobha climbed nearly 4% after its Q4 business update showed that
quarterly sales rose to record high 14.63 billion rupees ($178.8
million).
Wall Street equities rose on Thursday in a truncated week,
ahead of U.S. jobs data, which was released on Friday.
The data indicated that the labour market remained tight in
March, but was largely in line with expectations and increased
the probability of a Fed rate hike in May.
The market is pricing in 68.3% chance of a 25 basis point
rate hike in May, up from 49.2% on Thursday, according to CME's
FedWatch Tool. ($1 = 81.8400 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by
Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Varun H K)
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