Indian equity
benchmarks remained under the grip of bulls in midday session, with both Sensex
and Nifty trading on a strong note, following positive cues from other Asian
markets.

The Sensex is trading
at 56,693.58, up by 877.26 points or 1.57% after trading in a range of 56,236.45
and 56,705.54. On the index, 25 stocks advanced and 5 stocks declined.

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The broader indices
were trading in green with the BSE Mid cap index up by 0.94%, while Small cap index
was up by 0.84%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Metal up by
2.43%, IT up by 2.18%, Realty up by 2.00%, TECK up by 1.92% and Bankex up by
1.37%, while there were no losing sectoral indices on the BSE.

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The top gainers on the
Sensex were Bajaj Finance up by 9.74%, Bajaj Finserv up by 8.59%, Tata Steel up
by 5.48%, IndusInd Bank up by 3.56% and Infosys up by 2.64%. On the flip side,
Dr. Reddy’s Lab down by 1.09%, Sun Pharma down by 0.68%, Bharti Airtel down by
0.44%, Ultratech Cement down by 0.10% and ITC down by 0.05% were the top
losers.

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The Nifty is trading at
16,885.95, up by 244.15 points or 1.47% after trading in a range of 16,746.25 and
16,890.35. On the index, 42 stocks advanced and 8 stocks declined.

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The top gainers on Nifty
were Bajaj Finance up by 9.70%, Bajaj Finserv up by 8.78%, Tata Steel up by
5.48%, IndusInd Bank up by 3.50% and JSW Steel up by 3.48%. On the flip side,
Dr. Reddy’s Lab down by 1.08%, Bharti Airtel down by 0.50%, Sun Pharma down by
0.49%, Cipla down by 0.40% and ITC down by 0.15% were the top losers.

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Asian markets were
trading mostly in green with Nikkei 225 surging 66.51 points or 0.24% to
27,782.26, Taiwan Weighted strengthened 20.53 points or 0.14% to 14,942.12,
Jakarta Composite soared 66.75 points or 0.97% to 6,964.97, Shanghai Composite
gained 18.66 points or 0.57% to 3,294.42, Straits Times advanced 5.49 points or
0.17% to 3,210.63 and KOSPI rose 18.50 points or 0.77% to 2,434.03. On the flip
side, Hang Seng decreased 115.95 points or 0.56% to 20,554.09.