Indian equities opened higher on Tuesday, amid mixed global cues in the face of tariff related uncertainty, apart from the tense situation between India and Pakistan. In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap 100 was ahead by 1.05 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 was higher by 1.24 per cent.

Whereas Indian rupee opened marginally lower at 85.08 per dollar on Tuesday versus previous close of 85.03.

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 680.45,+1.81%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1389.35,+1.52%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1845.00,+1.32%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 840.85,+1.25%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1203.80,+0.93%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1817.65,-1.31%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2379.00,-1.05%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11988.50,-0.99%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 307.10,-0.50%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9052.00,-0.44%), among others.

In BSE, BSE_CGS index was at 63431.73 up by 733.3 points or by 1.17%. Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1539.65,+3.49%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Rs. 477.20,+3.02%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 312.65,+2.44%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4531.00,+2.37%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs.

14249.50,+2.09%),.

In BSE, BSE_FMCG index was at 20541.11 down by -34.67 points or by -0.17%. Hatsun Agro Products Ltd. (Rs. 917.00,-2.39%), Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 75.43,-1.82%), AWL Agri Business Ltd. (Rs. 275.00,-1.47%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2379.00,-1.05%), United Spirits Ltd. (Rs. 1540.05,-1.00%),.

At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80545.7 up by 327.33 points or by 0.41 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24439.25 up by 110.75 points or by 0.46 %.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3110 , shares advanced were 2323 while 638 shares declined and 149 were unchanged.