Sensex opens green, climbs 243 points, Nifty above 24,600

The Indian stock market indices gained in the opening session on Monday. Starting the week on a positive note following global stock market sentiments, NSE's Nifty 50 index gained 95.20 points or 0.39 per cent to reach 24,636.35 in the opening session. Meanwhile, BSE's Sensex also opened higher with a surge of 0.30 per cent or 243.41 points and was trading at 80,680.25. In the bench market indices, Nifty Next 50, Nifty 100, Nifty 200, Nifty Small Cap and Nifty Midcap followed the gains and opened positive.