The Indian market remained upbeat towards the second half of the session on Monday, supported by financial stocks. At 11:50 AM, the BSE Sensex was trading 276 points higher at 36,237 while the NSE Nifty was trading 65 points higher at 10,871. The BSE Sensex opened 187 points higher at 36,179 points while the NSE Nifty opened 46 points higher at 10,851 points. Vedanta continued to surge in trade and at 11:50 AM, was gaining 3 percent in after the NGT order allowing the reopening of its Tuticorin plant. Along with Vedanta, Power Grid, Wipro, ICICI Bank and Tata Motors were among the top five Nifty gainers. Infosys, Indiabulls Housing, Hero MotoCorp, Kotak Mahindra and Bajaj Finserv were the top Nifty losers towards the noon.