Stock market today, Jan. 5 -- The Indian equity market is expected to open higher on Monday, January 5, following gains across Asian markets after weekend developments in which the US launched an attack on Venezuela and detained President Nicolas Maduro.

Gift Nifty trends signalled a positive opening for the domestic benchmarks, with Gift Nifty trading at 26,542, up 76 points or 0.29% from the previous close of Nifty futures.

In the last trading session, both the Sensex and Nifty ended firmly in positive territory on Friday, January 2, supported by broad-based buying and growing optimism ahead of the Q3 earnings season. The Sensex rose 573 points, or 0.67%, to settle at 85,762.01, while the Nifty 50 hit an all-time intraday high of 26,3...