Domestic stock markets were trading with strong gains on Monday tracking strength in Asian and US equities. The BSE Sensex rose over 500 points to 54,295, and the NSE Nifty 50 advanced 162 points to 16,212. The broader markets also opened in green with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices inching up 0.8%. All sectors opened in green with Nifty IT and metals leading gains, rising up to 1.7 per cent. PSBs, realty and pharma indices were the next top winners. Among stocks, BEL soared over 4% after the company posted a net profit of Rs.431.49 crores in Q1 FY23 …
