Sensex Up 250 Pts; Titagarh Zooms 11%; IRFC, IRCTC 2%

Equity markets climbed higher on Tuesday driven by positive global cues. The BSE Sensex was up 230 points at 68,886. The Nifty50 was trading above 19,750.

Among the Sensex 30 stocks, JSW Steel and Tata Steel gained 1 per cent. HDFC Bank, Infosys, Relinace Industries and Tata Motors were the other notable gainers. On the flip side, Bajaj Finserv traded marginally in red.

In the broader indices, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap were up 0.4 per cent each.

Among stocks, Titagarh Rail surged 10 per cent on inking a partnership with ABB India to supply propulsion systems for metro rolling stock projects.