On the strength of bullish indications from other Asian markets, Indian stock benchmarks stayed higher in the mid-day session, with both the Sensex and the Nifty trading in green territory. 

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Asian markets were trading mostly in green with Nikkei 225 surging 119.34 points or 0.43% to 27,922.34, Hang Seng increasing 34.01 points or 0.17% to 20,608.64, Jakarta Composite soared 28.45 points or 0.41% to 6,892.58 and Straits Times advanced 22.82 points or 0.72% to 3,175.12. On the flip side, Shanghai Composite declined 7.61 points or 0.23% to 3,264.39, KOSPI fell 13.32 points or 0.55% to 2,395.84 and Taiwan Weighted dropped 19.50 points or 0.13% to 14,918.20.

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The Sensex is trading at 55,819.75, up 137.80 points or 0.25% after moving in a range of 55,685.45 and 56,006.22. On the index, there were 16 stocks that advanced and 14 stocks that declined.

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The broader indices were trading mixed with the BSE Midcap index down by 0.01%, while the Small cap index was up by 0.19%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Bankex up by 0.85%, Metal up by 0.70%, Basic Materials up by 0.61%, Auto up by 0.43% and Realty up by 0.37%, while TECK down by 1.01%, IT down by 0.94%, Power down by 0.68%, Oil & Gas down by 0.64% and Utilities down by 0.55% were the top losing indices on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 1.63%, Titan Co up by 1.36%, HDFC Bank up by 1.18%, HDFC up by 1.01% and Reliance Industries up by 0.84%. On the flip side, Infosys was down by 2.01%, NTPC down by 1.13%, Tech Mahindra down by 0.97%, HCL Tech. down by 0.72% and Indusind Bank down by 0.70% were the top losers.

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The Nifty is presently trading at 16,653.85, up 48.60 points or 0.29% after moving in a range of 16,610.90 and 16,704.80. On the index, 30 equities advanced and 20 stocks declined.

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The top gainers on Nifty were UPL up by 3.34%, Eicher Motors up by 2.51%, Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 1.70%, Hindalco up by 1.45% and Titan Co up by 1.34%. On the flip side, Infosys down by 2.05%, NTPC down by 1.23%, BPCL down by 1.10%, Tata Consumer Products down by 1.01% and Apollo Hospital Ent. down by 0.92% were the top losers.