Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS): The key Indian equity indices opened higher on Monday amid expectation of an ease in the US-China trade tension.
Talks between US and China is scheduled to be held on Monday and Tuesday.
All the sectors on BSE and NSE traded in the green.
The Sensex of the BSE opened at 35,971.18 from its previous close of 35,695.10 on Friday.
At 9.36 a.m., the Sensex traded 240.56 points or 0.67 per cent higher at 35,935.66.
The Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened at 10,804.85 after closing at 10,727.35 on Friday.
The Nifty traded at 10,814.75 during the morning trade session, up 87.40 points and 0.81 per cent.