Mumbai, (IANS) : The key Indian equity indices on Monday was trading higher in the morning session.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 136.49 points or 0.44 per cent higher soon after opening.

The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 45.25 points or 0.47 per cent higher at 9,711.05 points.

Both Sensex and Nifty touched record highs soon after the market opened.

The Sensex of the BSE, which opened at 31,510.62 points, was trading at 31,497.12 points (at 9.16 a.m.), higher 136.49 points or 0.44 per cent from Friday’s close at 31,360.63 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 31,542.23 points and a low of 31,471.41 points in the trade so far.