BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian shares opened higher in a trading session on Saturday, helped by a bounce in banking stocks after a three-day slide, while investors awaited earnings reports from large private lenders due later in the day.
The blue-chip Nifty 50 rose 0.34% to 21,695.2, while the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 0.31% to 71,905.84, as of 9:18 a.m. IST.
The equity market is trading in a full session on Saturday, and will remain shut on Monday due to a public holiday in Maharashtra state and as the central government observes a half-working day on the occasion of the Ram Temple's inauguration.
(Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema)
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| 76,993 PTS | +0.24% | +0.39% | - | ||
| 23,466 PTS | +0.29% | +0.75% | - | ||
| 2,747 PTS | +0.54% | -0.31% | - | ||
