Market Opening Bell: Sensex jumps almost 200 points, Nifty near 23,950, Paytm falls 8%
Mumbai: Indian equity benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty, opened higher on Friday, April 27, 2026, despite persistent geopolitical uncertainty and selling by Foreign Institutional Investors. While the 30-share BSE Sensex added 191.84 points or 0.25 per cent to start the session at 76,856.05, the Nifty fell 47.5 points to open at 23,945.45. In the last trading session, the Sensex closed at 76,664.21 and the Nifty 50 at 23,897.95. However, the broader indices traded slightly in the green in the opening session. While the BSE Midcap Select Index was up by 113.38 points, the BSE Smallcap Select Index added 76.72…