Sensex breaches 81k; Nifty tops 24,700; European mkt opens higher

At 13:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 475.11 points or 0.59% to 81,195.30. The Nifty 50 index added 123.05 points or 0.50% to 24,736.05.