Nifty gained about 0.4 per cent to close at 17,222 while Sensex gained around 231.29 points.

At 12.45 pm, on Monday, the core equity indices i.e Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading marginally higher than their opening levels, with Sensex gaining the 57,000- mark and Nifty maintaining the levels at 17,000. The FIIs have again started selling off in the domestic markets as the geopolitical tensions still persist around the world.

Oil prices rebounded on the back of reports of a missile strike on a Saudi Aramco facility. BSE Finance and BSE Consumer Durables are the worst-hit sectors today. The only sectors trading in green are BSE Energy and Oil & Gas. The sellers outnumbered buyers to show pessimism in the market. On the BSE, 1,002 shares rose and 2,345 shares fell. A total of 132 shares were unchanged. The FII sold shares worth Rs 1,507.37 crore and the DII bought shares worth Rs 1,373.02 crore on March 25. 

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On Monday, domestic benchmark indices opened on a flat note. After nine straight sessions of trading higher, Asian stocks also opened lower on Monday as investors kept an eye on developments in Ukraine. Rising cases in China is making the world cautious, leading to a decline in crude prices. The dollar also rose on the back of geopolitical worries

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INOX Leisure Ltd, an S&P BSE 500 company, hit its upper circuit of 20 per cent in the first ten minutes of the day. At 9.07 am, the shares of the company were trading at Rs 563.60, an increase of Rs 93.90 from the previous week’s closing price of Rs 469.70 on BSE.  

The stock has gained 7 per cent on a weekly basis while it jumped more than 23 per cent from its recent low

On Friday, both the stocks closed off their day’s high with PVR gaining more than 2.5 per cent while INOX soaring over 6 per cent.