Mumbai, June 2 -- The domestic equity market reacted positively and made gains on the back of strong global market cues on Friday. With the robust gross domestic product (GDP) numbers and the approval of the bipartisan debt ceiling legislation by the US Senate, it brought back the confidence of investors on Friday.

The US Senate late on Thursday night (local time) approved a bill to increase the government's borrowing limit, and had sent it to President Joe Biden's desk.

BSE 30-share Sensex went up 119 points and settled at 62,547.11 and NSE Nifty 50 surged 46 points and ended at 18,534.10 on Friday.

In the Asian markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 733 points, Japan's Nikkei gained 376 points, China's Shanghai rose 25 points and Thai...