Sensex rises 100 pts, Nifty nears 18,100; Bajaj twins tumble up to 6%

Following positive global equities and modestly hawkish Federal Reserve minutes, which showed consensus among members that the central bank should slow the pace of its aggressive rate hikes, Indian equity markets opened higher on Thursday. The BSE Sensex was trading 90 points or 0.15% higher at 60,748 while Nifty50 was trading at 18,072, up 30 points or 0.16% at around 9.28 am.