Mumbai: Indian equity benchmarks opened in the green on Monday, following positive sentiments in global markets.

At 9:40 a.m., Sensex was up 200 points or 0.25 per cent at 80,636 and Nifty was up 80 points or 0.33 per cent at 24,621.

Broader market trends remain positive. On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), 1,784 shares are in the green and 389 in the red.

Among the sectoral indices, PSU bank, fin service, metal, realty, pharma, energy and infra are major gainers. Auto is the only laggard in NSE indices.

In the Sensex pack, NTPC, SBI, Tata Steel, Titan, ITC, Reliance, Wipro and Bajaj Finance are top gainers. M&M, Nestle, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel and ICICI Bank are top losers.