Sensex rises 281 points, Nifty up 104

The Benchmark domestic equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, were trading with gains of around 0.4 per cent in the forenoon trade today amid continued foreign fund inflows and positive global cues.

Barring banking stocks, all other sectoral indices were trading higher. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 281 points to 80,783 and the NSE Nifty50 increased 104 points to 24,451, when reports last came in.