India, March 17 -- The stock market opened in the green as the trading session for the week began on Monday, March 17, with FMCG, financial services, metal, and media stocks rising the most.

At 9.15 am, the benchmark BSE Sensex was up by 235.54 points or 0.32 per cent, reaching 74,064.45. The broader NSE Nifty opened 62.30 points up or 0.28 per cent in the green, reaching 22,459.50.

Among the 30 Sensex stocks, IndusInd Bank rose the most upon open by 4.87 percent, trading at Rs.704.80. This was followed by Bajaj Finserv, which was up 1.73 percent, trading at Rs.1,838.20, and Tata Motors, which was up by 1.54 percent, trading at Rs.665.50.

Seventeen of the Sensex stocks were in the green.

Among the Nifty sectoral indices, the Nifty FMC...