Mumbai, September 20: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Monday surged by about 98 points in early trade, with consumer durables and IT stocks gaining on continued capital inflows.
The 30-share index shot up by 97.58 points, or nearly 0.50 per cent, to a fresh 32-month high of 19,692.33. In the previous trading session on Monday, the key index had settled 177.26 points higher.
Led by consumer durables and IT, all sectoral indices were trading in the positive zone.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty too moved up by 30.75 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 5,915.70 points.
Brokers said foreign funds remained bullish on India growth story.
—Agencies