Mumbai : Indian benchmark indices opened higher on March 28 with Nifty above 17,000. The Sensex was up 195.28 points or 0.34% at 57,849.14, and the Nifty was up 54.10 points or 0.32% at 17,039.80. About 1023 shares advanced, 723 shares declined, and 89 shares unchanged.
Among the top gainers on the Nifty were Hindalco Industries, HCL Technologies, UPL, HDFC Life and Coal India, while losers were BPCL, Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, ONGC and Apollo Hospitals.