Guwahati, August 18 (NKTV):The stock market on Wednesday opened on a high strength as BSE Sensex touched the 56,000 mark for the first time. Due positive global cues majors HDFC twins and Reliance Industries also gained positive trend in the Asian Market.
During opening the Sensex was up 250 points or 0.5 percent at 56,086.5 points while the Nifty50 touched 16,692-mark, up over 70 points or 0.4 per cent. Bank Nifty regained 36,000.