India, March 22 -- Indian shares opened modestly higher on Friday, tracking firm cues from Wall Street and Asia as upbeat U.S. data and a dovish Fed policy stance helped ease investor worries about slowing global growth.
The benchmark BSE Sensex rose 164 points or 0.43 percent to 38,552 while the broader Nifty index was up 45 points or 0.40 percent at 11,567.
Tata Steel, Titan, Larsen & Toubro, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Bharti Airtel climbed 2-3 percent while Adani Ports, ONGC and Zee Entertainment Enterprises dropped 1-2 percent.
Cash-strapped airline Jet Airways rallied 2 percent after cutting more domestic flights.
Mindtree dropped 1 percent ahead of another board meeting next week to take a decision on share buyback as it faces...