Mumbai, July 1 -- The Indian equity markets opened in the positive territory on Wednesday after two straight sessions of losses, even as concerns persisted over a potential escalation in the US-Iran conflict and weaker-than-expected monsoon progress.

Sensex opened higher at 76,545.21 as against the previous close of 76,478.67, while Nifty opened at 23,897.65, slightly above the previous close of 23,865.75.

At the time of writing this article, Sensex was trading in the green, at 76,641.95, up 163.28 points or 0.21 per cent, while Nifty was trading at 23,916.20, up 50.45 points or 0.21 per cent.

On BSE, Eternal, Titan, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, TCS, Reliance, Maruti, ITC, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Indi Go, among others, were the major...