Mumbai, Mar 1 (IANS): A day after Union Budget 2016-17 was announced, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Tuesday was trading 190.98 points or 0.83 percent up during the morning session.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 89 points up at 7,075.65 points.
The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 23,153.32 points, was trading at 23,192.98 points (at 9.16 a.m.) in the early session, up 190.98 points or 0.83 percent from the previous day's close at 23,002.00 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 23,219.95 points and a low of 23,133.18 points in the trade so far.