BSE Sensex up 1%; Piramal Healthcare rallies

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MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex rose 1 percent early on Monday after a robust U.S. jobs data bolstered global risk appetite and lifted Asian markets.

Piramal Healthcare rallied more than 7 percent after the drugmaker said on Saturday it would buy a 5.5 percent stake in Vodafone's India unit from Essar for 30 billion rupees.

At 9:19 a.m. (0349 GMT), the main 30-share BSE index <.BSESN> was up 1.01 percent at 17,787.26, with 27 of its components advancing.

The 50-share NSE index <.NSEI> was up 0.97 percent at 5,376.60.

(Reporting by Rajesh Kurup; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan)