Mumbai, July 2 -- Indian equity markets extended gains on Thursday, opening with a gap-up as both benchmark indices started the session in the green. Sensex opened higher at 77,083.14 as against the previous close of 76,922.64. Nifty, on the other hand, opened in the green at 24,062.20 as against the previous close of 24,005.85.

At the time of writing this article, Nifty was trading higher at 24,116.05, up 110.20 points or 0.46 per cent. Sensex was trading at 77,291.88, up 369.24 points or 0.48 per cent.

On BSE, Infosys, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, Eternal, Titan, Indi Go, Kotak Bank, Tata Steel, SBI, ICICI Bank, among others, were the top gainers. NTPC, Power Grid, Maruti, BEL, among others, were the major losers.

Sectorally, Nifty IT wa...