After two days of profit booking, India’s domestic equity markets opened on a positive note on October 1, led by gains in IT, energy, and auto stocks. The Sensex rose by 318 points, or 0.4%, to 84,617,

Indian benchmark indices ended Tuesday nearly flat with minor losses, as gains in IT stocks like Tech Mahindra were countered by declines in Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank. The BSE Sensex fell 33 points to 84,

On the 30-share Sensex platform, IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, HUL, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Titan ended in the red

Auto stocks were in focus as monthly sales data started trickling in, with M&M, Tata Motors, and Ashok Leyland driving the Nifty Auto index up by 0.3 percent.