Today the stock market opened with great momentum. Today the BSE Sensex rose by about 161.88 points to open at the level of 54526.73 points. On the other hand, the Nifty of NSE opened with a gain of 58.00 points at the level of 16298.00 points. Today, trading started in a total of 1,640 companies in the BSE, out of which about 954 shares opened with a rise and 578 with a fall.