
April 21 (Reuters) - India's benchmark indexes opened higher on Monday, lifted by gains in heavyweight ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank after both posted strong fourth-quarter results over the weekend.
The Nifty 50 .NSEI was up 0.41% at 23,949.15, while the BSE Sensex .BSESN rose 0.45% to 78,903.09, as of 9:15 a.m. IST.
Financials .NIFTYFIN rose 1%, with ICICI Bank ICBK.NS and HDFC Bank HDBK.NS adding 2.1% and 0.9%, respectively.
Barring information technology, all major sectors advanced at open. The broader mid- .NIFMDCP100 and small-caps .NIFSMCP100 also gained 0.5% each.