The price of petrol in New Delhi is at Rs 90.93 per litre and in Kolkata at Rs 91.12. While in Mumbai it is priced at Rs 97.34 per litre, the most expensive in four metro cities and in Chennai at Rs 92.97.
Technical glitches have disrupted trading at several stock exchanges in the Asia Pacific region in recent months.
The 30-share BSE index was trading 528.28 points or 1.04 per cent higher at 51,309.97.
The capital markets regulator had earlier imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakhs on the exchange due to several technical glitches.
The cost of one gram of 22-carat gold stood at Rs 4,577 after a fall of Rs 18 from the earlier rate of Rs 4,595.
The market on Thursday, February 25 is expected to give a positive start as the SGX Nifty was trading 227.50 points or 1.54 percent higher at 15,033.50 at 7:15 am.
British business and professional services firms have reported the biggest improvement in their outlook in more than five years but consumer services firms harder hit by the coronavirus lockdown remain downbeat, a survey showed on Thursday.
