SENSEX UP 92 POINT ; HEALTHCARE, REALTY STOCK MAJOR GAINERS

Indian shares were trading higher by nearly 0.4 per cent owing to positive global cues. However, discouraging IIP and retail inflation data, limited the gains. 30-share BSE index Sensex was trading higher by 92.28 points at 28,897.38 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was trading up by 37.35 points at 8,748.90.

Among BSE sectoral indices, healthcare index gained the most by 1.65 per cent, followed by realty 1.16 per cent, consumer durables 0.85 per cent and IT 0.67 per cent. On the other hand, oil & gas index was down 0.38 per cent, power 0.19 per cent and infrastructure 0.08 per cent.
Major Sensex gainers were SBIN 2.76%, TCS 2.39%, Sun Pharma 2.31%, Wipro 1.81% and Cipla 1.35%, while the top five losers were BHEL 3.17%, ONGC 1.79%, GAIL 1.7%, Tata Motors 0.63% and HDFC 0.62%.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.1 per cent. Japan's Nikkei slipped 0.3 per cent but the broader Topix tacked on 0.1 per cent.
US stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday, with a rally in technology stocks leading the Nasdaq to a 15-year high, while a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine also eased tensions.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 110.24 points or 0.62 per cent to 17,972.38, the S&P 500 gained 19.95 points or 0.96 per cent to 2,088.48, and the Nasdaq Composite added 56.43 points or 1.18 per cent to 4,857.61.