Mumbai, July 16 -- The Indian equity markets opened in positive territory with both benchmark indices opening with a gap-up. Nifty is holding around the 24,000 level during the last few trading sessions, while Sensex has maintained above the 77,000 level.

On Thursday, Sensex opened at 77,388.42 as against the previous close of 77,185.43, while Nifty opened marginally higher at 24,142.10, as against the previous close of 24,078.50.

Nifty was trading at 24,146.95, up 68.45 points or 0.28 per cent, and Sensex was trading at around the 77,451.97 level, up 266.54 points or 0.35 per cent, at the time of reporting.

Sectorally, a rally was seen in several sectors, including Consumer Durables (1.74%) and Nifty IT (1.49 per cent), followed by Au...