Mumbai, April 23 -- The stock market on Tuesday opened strong with 400 points up with all-round shopping but paired early gains towards end of the trading hour and closed at 73,738, about 90 points up from its previous close.

Telecommunications, Realty and Technology sector stocks were in the limelight. Shares of Reliance Industries were down 1.39 per cent and closed at Rs 2918 despite meeting the expectation in its financial performance announced yesterday.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty gained 31.60 pts at 22,368.

According to data available, the FIIs were net sellers yesterday with Rs 2915 crore worth selling securities whereas the Domestic Institutional Investors bought securities worth Rs 3542 crore lending support to the m...