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Sensex sprints 1,595 points, Nifty surpasses 16,750 tracking rally in global equities

Equity benchmark indices continued their winning momentum on Thursday, rising nearly 3 percent in opening trading, following an overall bullish trend in global markets. The 30-stock BSE benchmark index opened in green and zoomed in further by 1,595.14 points or 2.91 percent to 56,242.47, continuing its rally for the third day.

Of the Sensex package of 30 shares, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Indusind Bank, Maruti Suzuki India and Hindustan Unilever Limited were the biggest winners in early trading, jumping to 4.85 percent.