Indian equity benchmarks continued to trade higher in the
late morning session, with both the Sensex and Nifty witnessing solid gains, on
the back of positive cues from other Asian markets.

The Sensex is trading at 59,014.25, up by 239.53 points or
0.41% after trading in a range of 58,940.06 and 59,321.65. On the index, 24
stocks advanced and 6 stocks declined.

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The broader indices were trading in green with the BSE
Midcap index up by 0.75% and the Small cap index up by 0.67%. The top gaining
sectoral indices on the BSE were Metal up by 2.06%, Consumer Durables up by
1.67%, Industrials up by 1.39%, PSU up by 1.34% and Capital Goods up by 1.31%,
while there were no losing sectoral indices on the BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Titan Co up by 3.03%,
Tata Steel up by 2.31%, Tech Mahindra up by 1.81%, NTPC up by 1.70% and Mahindra
& Mahindra up by 1.57%. On the flip side, Indusind Bank down by 1.59%,
Asian Paints down by 1.46%, Bharti Airtel down by 1.09%, HDFC down by 0.45% and
Reliance Industries down by 0.36% were the top losers.

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The Nifty is trading at 17,605.10, up by 82.65 points or
0.47% after trading in a range of 17,581.30 and 17,685.85. On the index, 42
stocks advanced and 8 stocks declined.

The top gainers on Nifty were Titan Co up by 3.17%,
Hindalco up by 2.56%, JSW Steel up by 2.51%, SBI Life Insurance up by 2.24% and
Tata Motors up by 2.20%. On the flip side, Eicher Motors down by 2.26%,
Indusind Bank down by 1.49%, Bharti Airtel down by 1.44%, Asian Paints down by
1.41% and Reliance Industries down by 0.45% were the top losers.

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Asian markets were trading mostly in green with the Nikkei
225 surging 162.37 points or 0.57% to 28,641.38, Hang Seng increasing 91.96
points or 0.46% to 20,060.34, Taiwan Weighted strengthened 75.79 points or 0.5%
to 15,275.83, Straits Times advanced 8.62 points or 0.27% to 3,256.42, KOSPI
rose 3.03 points or 0.12% to 2,480.29 and Shanghai Composite gained 4.34 points
or 0.13% to 3,250.59. On the flip side, Jakarta Composite lost 7.21 points or
0.1% to 7,167.00.