Mumbai, March 8 : The equity market which was sliding last four sessions, was seen on recovery mode in opening session on Tuesday, as the BSE Sensex improved by 135 points at 52,977.77 as fresh buying was seen in Health Care, Industrials, IT, Telecom and Utilities stocks. The Nifty too rose marginally by 8 points at 15,871.15. On Monday, the BSE Sensex crashed over 1400 points in a single day. The sectoral indices like Health Care, Industrials, IT, Telecom and Utilities stocks pushed the Sensex up. The Sensex registered the days high and low at 53,024.21 and 52,410.39 points respectively. The Nifty registered the days high and low at 15,896 and 15,747.40 points respectively. The Mid Cap moved up 0.97 per cent and Small Cap by 1.35 per cent. The gainers were TCS by 2.94 per cent to Rs 3587.70, NTPC by 2.62 per cent to Rs 133.40, Tech Mahindra by 2.02 per cent to Rs 1453, Industrials by 1.61 per cent to Rs 1767.55 and HCL Technology by 1.29 per cent to Rs 116.55. The losers were Tata Steel by 3.22 per cent to Rs 1250.15, HDFC Bank by 1.58 per cent to Rs 1302.85, Maruti Suzuki by 1.51 per cent to Rs 6666 and Axis Bank by 1.31 per cent to Rs 658.50. NV ACL1041