In the late morning session, Indian stock benchmarks stayed higher, with both the Sensex and the Nifty trading in positive territory. Positive indications from other Asian markets aided major indexes in maintaining their gains.

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On the global front, Asian markets were trading mostly in green with Hang Seng increasing 193.72 points or 0.82% to 23,687.10, Taiwan Weighted strengthened 61.33 points or 0.34% to 18,231.09, Straits Times advanced 23.79 points or 0.74% to 3,229.05, Jakarta Composite soared 15.56 points or 0.23% to 6,716.88 and Shanghai Composite gained 8.86 points or 0.25% to 3,588.40. On the flip side, Nikkei 225 slipped 9.31 points or 0.03% to 28,478.56 and KOSPI fell 27.22 points or 0.92% to 2,927.67.

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The Sensex is presently trading at 60056.10, up 311.45 points or 0.52% from a low of 59987.18 and a high of 60308.31. On the index, there were 16 stocks that advanced and 14 stocks that declined.

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The broader indices were trading in green with the BSE Midcap index being up by 0.56%, while the Small cap index was up by 1.03%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Auto up by 1.67%, Realty up by 1.27%, IT up by 1.24%, TECK up by 1.20% and Industrials up by 1.09%, while Energy down by 0.19% and Consumer Durables down by 0.03% were the only losing indices on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Maruti Suzuki up by 3.45%, Infosys up by 2.74%, ITC up by 1.85%, Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 1.76% and HDFC up by 1.32%. On the flip side, Wipro down by 2.15%, Asian Paints down by 1.11%, Nestle down by 0.81%, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 0.78% and Reliance Industries down by 0.45% were the top losers.

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The Nifty is presently trading at 17909.35, up 96.65 points or 0.54% after ranging between 17879.15 and 17978.15. On the index, there were 30 stocks that advanced, 19 stocks that declined, and 1 stock that stayed constant.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Maruti Suzuki up by 3.43%, UPL up by 2.95%, Hero MotoCorp up by 2.73%, Infosys up by 2.59% and Tata Motors up by 2.05%. On the flip side, Wipro down by 2.31%, Asian Paints down by 1.21%, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 0.77%, Nestle down by 0.70% and Reliance Industries down by 0.47% were the top losers.