Sensex jumps 117, Nefty up 10,200 mark; BSE index up 116

Mumbai Dec 14: The Sensex opened by jumping 117 points on Thursday on value-buying in blue- chips.

Asian stocks moved sideways. The NSE Nifty went above 10,200-mark.

The 30-share BSE index was up 116.70 points, or 0.35%, at 33,169.74. The Sensex had lost 402.75 in the previous two sessions disappointed by grim economic data and the ADB lowering India's economic growth forecast.

Also, the NSE Nifty rose 37.70 points, or 0.36%, to 10,230.65.

Prominent gainers were Dr Reddy's, ONGC, Wipro, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Heromoto Corp and Lupin, rising up to 0.86%.

All sectoral indices, including realty, consumer durables, oil and gas and metal stocks traded positive, with gains of up to 0.85%.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up by 0.29% while Japan's Nikkei fell 0.14% and Shanghai Composite shed 0.20 per cent in early trade Thursday.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.33% higher Wednesday.