Ahead of key RBI board meeting the key Indian equity indices opened on Monday in the positive territory taking cues from its Asian peers.

The BSE Sensex was trading 190 points higher after as healthy buying was witnessed in all the 19 sectors on BSE, except for telecom, oil and gas counters.

It opened at 34,846.19 from its previous close at 34,812.99 on Friday. At 9.22 a.m., it traded at 35,647.23 higher by 190.07 points or 0.54 per cent.

The Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened at 10,731.25 after closing at 10,682.20 on Friday. It was trading at 10,730.30 during the morning trade session, up 48.10 points and 0.45 per cent.

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