Major gainers were Coal India, ONGC; Sensex recovers 68 points

The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered by about 68 points in early trade on Wednesday on the back of fresh gains in blue-chips like Reliance Industries, ITC and Infosys.

The 30-share index recovered 67.90 points, or 0.20%, to 33,686.49, with sectoral indices led by PSU, consumer durables, infrastructure, capital goods, healthcare and IT advancing up to 0.42%.

The barometer had lost 105.85 points in the previous session.

Also, the NSE Nifty was up 21.65 points, or 0.20%, at 10,391.90.

Major gainers were Coal India, ONGC, Dr Reddy's, Reliance Industries, NTPC, Cipla, L&T, Tata Motors, ITC Ltd, Infosys, Bajaj Auto and SBI, gaining up to 2.11%.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei rose 0.40% in early trade on Wednesday, shrugging off North Korea’s latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile that splashed down in Japan’s exclusive economic zone. Shanghai Composite index, however, shed 0.49% and Hong Kong's Hang Send down 0.36%.