Indian benchmark equity indices reversed early losses, driven by gains in IT and FMCG stocks. Key market players like Power Grid and Adani Green show significant gains, while experts point towards US market strength impacting Indian equities.

Indian stock market witnessed huge buying sentiment on Friday, taking Sensex higher by 466 points to even near 77,000 mark. Its counterpart Nifty 50 also jumped by nearly 142 points to near 23,350 levels.

The stock market opened in the green as trading began on Friday, January 24, with oil and gas, metal, mid and small cap financial services stocks falling the most. At 9:20am, the benchmark BSE Sensex was up by 220.