Markets open in green on firm global cues
Mumbai, May 11: The key Indian equity indices opened in the positive territory on Friday tracking gains in the global equity markets.
At 9.18 a.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded at 10,758.50 points, up 41.95 points or 0.39 per cent from the previous close of 10,716.55 points.
Similarly, the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 35,287.99 points, traded at 35,369.90 points (9.18 a.m.) - up 123.63 points or 0.35 per cent -- from its previous session's close of 35,246.27 points.
The Sensex has so far touched a high of 35,379.26 and a low of 35,281.58 points.
The BSE market breadth was tilted towards the bulls with 679 advances and 522 declines.
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Man sets fire to gas cylinder on truck in Kerala's Kottayam, held
Kottayam(Kerala) (PTI): A 33-year-old man climbed onto a parked truck carrying cooking gas cylinders and set fire to one of them near Thalayolaparambu in the small hours of Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred around 12.30 am, they said.
The fire and rescue personnel soon arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire, averting a major disaster.
According to police, the man is suspected to be under mental distress as he claimed that he was walking from Ernakulam to his home in Marangattupilly here when he saw the truck on the roadside.
An FIR under sections 329(3)(criminal trespass),324(2)(mischief),326(f)(mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was lodged against him.
Police said that the man was formally arrested, but will be released on station bail as the offences he is accused of are bailable.
"His family is here at the station and he will be released to them," the officer said.
In the FIR, police have said that the man opened the seal of one of the gas cylinders and set fire to it with the knowledge that his act was dangerous to those living in the area.
According to the company transporting the cooking gas cylinders, it suffered a loss of Rs 2,300 in the incident.
