<p>Equity benchmark indices maintained their winning momentum in early trade on Tuesday amid firm global market trends and buying in IT stocks.</p>.<p>The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 118.13 points to 66,645.80 in early trade. The NSE Nifty gained 41.8 points to 19,795.60.</p>.<p>From the Sensex pack, NTPC, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services, JSW Steel, ITC, Infosys and Bharti Airtel were the biggest gainers.</p>.<p>Power Grid, Maruti, Bajaj Finserv and Reliance Industries were the laggards.</p>.<p>In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo and Shanghai were quoting with gains while Hong Kong traded lower.</p>.<p>The US markets ended in the green on Monday.</p>.<p>"The resilience of the mother market US, where the rally is spreading to the broader market, is supporting global markets," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.</p>.<p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude quoted 0.67 per cent higher at USD 85.56 a barrel.</p>.<p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 701.17 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.</p>.<p>The Sensex jumped 367.47 points or 0.56 per cent to settle at 66,527.67 on Monday. The Nifty climbed 107.75 points or 0.55 per cent to end at 19,753.80.</p>
<p>Equity benchmark indices maintained their winning momentum in early trade on Tuesday amid firm global market trends and buying in IT stocks.</p>.<p>The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 118.13 points to 66,645.80 in early trade. The NSE Nifty gained 41.8 points to 19,795.60.</p>.<p>From the Sensex pack, NTPC, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services, JSW Steel, ITC, Infosys and Bharti Airtel were the biggest gainers.</p>.<p>Power Grid, Maruti, Bajaj Finserv and Reliance Industries were the laggards.</p>.<p>In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo and Shanghai were quoting with gains while Hong Kong traded lower.</p>.<p>The US markets ended in the green on Monday.</p>.<p>"The resilience of the mother market US, where the rally is spreading to the broader market, is supporting global markets," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.</p>.<p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude quoted 0.67 per cent higher at USD 85.56 a barrel.</p>.<p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 701.17 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.</p>.<p>The Sensex jumped 367.47 points or 0.56 per cent to settle at 66,527.67 on Monday. The Nifty climbed 107.75 points or 0.55 per cent to end at 19,753.80.</p>