Sensex, Nifty register early gains; Infosys falls flat

In a bid to recover from Tuesday's session, markets today opened with early gains. The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 146.18 points to open on 31,534.57 and the 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 63.45 points to start trading on 9,859.50.

On Tuesday the key indices globally were spooked over North Korea's missile attack on Japan. 

In early trade, Sun Pharma, Adani Ports, HDFC and Hindalco were the major gainers while NTPC, TCS and PowerGrid were running in the red. 

Infosys rose marginally at Rs 933. The company's co-founder N R Narayana Murthy, in an investor call on Tuesday, showed his support to the new chairman, Nandan Nilekeni. 
Murthy said, "The rejuvenation of the Board has already begun with the resignation of R Seshasayee and some other board members. However, it is still work-in-progress". 

Nilekani, he said, is a "stickler for good corporate governance."

"Now we can all sleep better knowing that, under his leadership, the corporate governance standard practised by Infosys will be on par with the global best standard," he said.