Mumbai, May 8 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Thursday advanced further by 166 pts to open at 80,912.34 on strong global cues.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 17 pts at 24,431.50

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Stocks include IT, Auto and Telecommunications boosted the market in early trade.

The BSE Sensex registered intra-day high at 80,927.99 and intra-day low at 80,837.35 respectively.

The Nifty registered days high at 24,447.25 and low at 24,411.20 pts.

The Mid cap rose 0.06 pc while small cap by 9.46 pc.

In 30 scrips, 17 advanced while 13 declined.

The gainers were Tata Motors by 1.76 pc to Rs 692.45, Powergrid by 1.54 pc to Rs 316.05, Kotak Bank by 1.22 pc to Rs 2121 and Tech Mahindra by 0.77 pc to Rs 1507.10.

The losers were Eternal by 1.18 pc to Rs 234.10, Maruti Suzuki by 1.02 pc to Rs 12,500, ITC by 0.91 pc to Rs 426.75 and Nestle India Ltd by 0.81 pc to Rs 2317.95.

US Market and Asian Market were up while European market was seen weak.

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