Share Market: Sensex above 40,900, stocks of banking, finance rise

With the BSE Sensex trading above 40,900 mark on Wednesday morning, the key Indian equity indices gained.

Healthy buying was witnessed in banking and finance stocks.

Sensex was trading at 40,909.76, higher by 365.39 points or 0.90 per cent from the previous close of 40,544.37 at 10.42 a.m.

It opened at 40,767.14 and has so far touched an intra-high of 40,976.02 and a low of 40,757.27 points.

The Nifty50 was trading at 11,995.50 on the National Stock Exchange, higher by 98.70 points or 0.83 per cent from the previous close.