India, March 5 -- The stock market opened into the green as the trading session began on Tuesday, March 5, with mid and small cap IT and telecom, oil and gas, and larger cap IT stocks rising the most.

At 9:20 am, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose by 182.24 points or 0.25 per cent, reaching 73,172.17. The broader NSE Nifty opened 49.80 points up or 0.23 per cent in the green, reaching 22,132.45.

Among the 30 Sensex stocks, Power Grid Corporation of India rose the most upon open by 2.66 per cent, trading at Rs.260.80. This was followed by Mahindra & Mahindra, which was up 2.65 per cent, trading at Rs.2683.40, and HCL Technologies, which was up by 1.57 per cent, trading at Rs.1560.

In contrast, HCL Technologies was down the second-most on yes...