The stock market opened in the green as trading began on Friday, January 24, with oil and gas, metal, mid and small cap financial services stocks falling the most. At 9:20am, the benchmark BSE Sensex was up by 220.

Stock Market LIVE Updates | Benchmark indices saw slight gains on the weekly expiry day, with IT majors leading Nifty's rebound. However, analysts advise against overinterpreting this bounce and suggest maintaining a "sell on rise" approach for the index.

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a mildly positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,415 level, a premium of nearly 15 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.