Indian shares open higher; metals lead
Updates at 9:41 a.m IST
BENGALURU, July 26 (Reuters) -Indian shares were marginally higher onFriday as investors bought into the dip after losses in the past few sessions, though a weakness in heavyweight financials kept a lid on gains.
The NSE Nifty 50 .NSEI rose 0.47% to 24,522.3 as of 9:41 a.m. IST, while the S&P BSE Sensex .BSESN added 0.4% to 80,358.63.
The benchmarks had logged losses for the last five sessions, weighed by weaker-than-expected results from Reliance Industries RELI.NS, Wipro WIPR.NS, Bajaj Finance BJFN.NS, Axis Bank AXBK.NS and Nestle NEST.NS.
The union budget on Tuesday, in which tax hikes on capital gains in equity investments and derivatives trading were announced, continued to bea dampener, analysts said.
"The buy-on-dipsstrategy which has played out well in this rally continues to hold good," said VK Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
Ten of the 13 major sectors advanced. Metals .NIFTYMET gained 1.4% and was the top sectoral gainer by percentage. Thirteen of the 15 constituents rose.
The metal index had shed 1.3% in the previous session, amid drop in global metal prices on demand concerns in top consumer China.
Vedanta VDAN.NS, which received an upgrade from S&P on improving capital structure and liquidity, rose 2.3%.
Cyient CYIE.NS shed 8% after posting a drop in June-quarter profit on delays in project execution.
Tech Mahindra lost 2% as analysts flagged expensive valuations as a cause for concern.
($1 = 83.7330 Indian rupees)
Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Nivedita Bhattacharjee
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