Mumbai, July 21: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today opened 105 points high on emergence of foreign funds buying amid a firming Asian trend.
The 30-share index, which lost 50.28 points in yesterday's trading, gained 105.35 points to 17,983.49 points in the early morning trade.
Auto, metal, realty, capital goods and power stocks were trading in the positive zone with gains up to 1.32 per cent.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange's Nifty regained 5,400 points by rising 32.30 points, or 0.60 per cent to 5,400.30.
Brokers said better trends on the other Asian bourses followed by overnight gains in the US stocks triggered buying by foreign funds as well as retail investors on the domestic market, helping the Sensex to recover.
Among auto stocks, Maruti Suzuki was up by 0.84 per cent at Rs 1,373.60, Hero Honda by 0.