Mumbai, May 2 -- The BSE Sensex on Thursday bounced back 243 points to 74,740.67 in the opening session on the strength of utilities, energy, and FMCG stocks.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 73.20 points to 22,678.05.
The NSE registered days high and low at 22,693.75 and 22,567.78 points respectively.
Sliding over 100 points on Tuesday, the equity market jumped in the early trade on Thursday.
As there was no trading on Wednesday for 'Maharashtra Din and Labour Day' on Wednesday.
The Sensex registered intraday highs and lows at 74,746.13 and 73,360.69 points, respectively.
The mid cap gained 0.69 pc and the small cap gained 0.20 pc.
In 30 scrips, 20 advanced while 10 declined.
The gainers were Powergrid by 4.26 pc to 314....