The S&P BSE Sensex index climbed up as much as 1.38 per cent - or 542.86 points - to touch 40,010.17 in the first few minutes of trade, having started the day up 420.84 points (1.07 per cent) at 39,888.15. The broader NSE Nifty 50 benchmark traded firm above the 11,750 mark, amid a strong buying interest across sectors.
At 9:29 am, the Sensex traded 362.16 points - or 0.92 per cent - higher at 39,829.47 while the Nifty was up 105.60 points - or 0.91 per cent - at 11,753.20.
IndusInd Bank, Adani Ports, Axis Bank, Bharti Infratel and Tata Motors, trading between 2.31 per cent and 3.09 per cent higher, jumped the most among the 40 gainers in the Nifty basket of 50 shares. On the other hand, JSW Steel, Bharti Airtel, Sun pharma, Bajaj Auto and Cipla, down between 0.48 per cent and 1.05 per cent each, were the top Nifty losers.
Reliance Industries, HDFC and HDFC Bank were the top boosts to the Sensex.
Shares in other Asian markets rose to a 29-month peak on Monday, amid hopes of a recovery from the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic amid stimulatory monetary and fiscal policies around the globe after an upbeat reading on China's service sector.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was last seen trading 0.49 per cent higher, having earlier hit its highest intraday level since March 2018. Japan's Nikkei 225 benchmark was up 1.79 per cent at the time.
China's Shanghai Composite traded up 0.80 per cent, after surveys showed the country's manufacturing activity edged back a tick to 51.0 in July, but services jumping a full point to 55.2 in a hopeful sign of reviving consumer demand.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng barometer was up 1.29 per cent, but South Korea's KOSPI index was down 0.20 per cent.
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