/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/X6HZ6MZ5OFLZ7J7T4HZSDS55IM.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "Indian shares open higher as IT, energy firms gain")
A man walks past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File photo
Indian shares rose on Thursday, with information technology and energy companies gaining the most, as investors awaited U.S. inflation data and the outcome of a European Central Bank meeting later in the day.
The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was up 0.35% at 15,681.80 and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) rose 0.30% to 52,103.55 by 0346 GMT. Both the indexes closed more than 0.63% lower on Wednesday.
Reliance Industries Ltd (RELI.NS), Infosys Ltd
