Mumbai, March 19 -- Indian equity benchmarks opened higher on Wednesday, supported by a bullish trend in global markets.

The upward movement was largely driven by the continued gains in US indices, which extended their rally for the second consecutive session, boosting investor sentiment across international markets.

On the opening of the trading session today, BSE Sensex was in green, up 29.56 points or 0.04 per cent at 75,330.82, and the Nifty50 at National Stock Exchange (NSE) was up 19.70 points or 0.09 per cent at 22,854.00.

In today's trading, stocks of 1767 companies advanced while 523 shares declined and 117 stocks remained unchanged.

At NSE, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Bajaj Finserv, SBI, and Bharti Airtel remained the major gaine...