New Delhi, March 11 -- Indian stock indices traded largely steady at Monday's opening bell and continued to hover near their all-time highs they touched late last week.

The indices had been firm tracking firmness in most sectoral indices coupled with overall stable macroeconomic parameters.

At 9.36 am, Sensex was at 74,050.48 points, just 68.91 points down or 0.093 per cent, whereas Nifty was at 22,472.60 points, down 20.95 points or 0.093 per cent.

Sensex on Wednesday crossed the 74,000 mark for the first time. Foreign portfolio investors who had aggressively sold Indian stocks and turned net sellers in the Indian equity market in January 2024 became net buyers in February and March. This has also likely buoyed the stocks off late.

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