Sensex Rises 200 Points, Nifty Above 10,650; HPCL, Indian Oil Lead Gains

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The stock markets started Monday's session
on a positive note, with the BSE Sensex rising 200 points
Gains were led by banking, energy and pharma stocks
Thirty four stocks on the Nifty 50 were trading in the positive zone
Top gainers on the 50-scrip Nifty index were Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum, Sun Pharma and Lupin, trading with gains of
cent.State-run oil marketing companies rose after Brent crude futures dropped as much as 2.6 per cent to $74.49 per barrel, their lowest
level in about three weeks
They last stood at $75.00, down 1.8 per cent
added 0.13 per cent.Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) net bought shares worth Rs 887.76 crore on Friday while foreign portfolio