Mumbai, June 10- Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty on Tuesday registered gains in Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 235.58 points to 82,680.79 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty rose 96.1 points to 25,199.30.
Among the Sensex firms, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, HCL Tech and NTPC were the top gainers. Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, Eternal, HDFC Bank and Titan lagged behind.
In Asian markets, South Korea's KOSPI, Japan's Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai's SSE Composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng were trading in positive territory. US markets closed mostly higher on Monday.
According to exchange data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 1,992.87 crore on Monday. Meanwhile, the rupee rose 8 paise to 85.58 against the US dollar in early trade.