Sensex, Nifty Jump on Rally in Global Markets

Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices jumped in early trade on Wednesday amid a rally in global markets on favourable US inflation data.

The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 645.08 points to 65,578.95 in early trade. The Nifty climbed 209.8 points to 19,653.35.

Among the Sensex firms, JSW Steel, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Infosys, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies and Axis Bank were the major gainers.