Indian shares rise more than 1 pct, Infosys up

MUMBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - India's main stock index rose more than 1 percent in opening deals on Friday, led by ICICI bank (ICBK.BO) and Infosys Technologies (INFY.BO).

Shares in Infosys, India's second-largest software exporter, rose as much as 3 percent to 1,650 rupees after it beat forecasts with a 25.2 percent rise in quarterly profit and raised its full-year earnings guidance. See [ID:nBMA000150] and [ID:nBMA000151].

At 9:59 a.m. (0429 GMT), the 30-share BSE index .BSESN was up 0.68 percent, or 139.58 points, at 20,721.66, having risen as much as 1.08 percent to 20,805.10.

The 50-issue NSE index was up 0.34 percent at 6,178.15 rupees. (Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by John Mair)