The Indian equity indices continued to rise in the late morning session, with the Sensex and Nifty trading around their intraday highs. Positive indications from other Asian markets aided major indices in maintaining their gains.

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On the global front, Asian markets were trading mostly in green with Jakarta Composite soaring 55.52 points or 0.84% to 6,637.00, Taiwan Weighted strengthened 29.17 points or 0.16% to 18,248.01, Straits Times advanced 8.52 points or 0.27% to 3,132.20 and KOSPI rose 6.58 points or 0.22% to 2,984.23. On the flip side, Hang Seng decreased 144.98 points or 0.62% to 23,252.69.

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The Sensex is presently trading at 58858.49, up 604.67 points or 1.04% from a low of 58306.45 and a high of 58869.20. On the index, there were 24 stocks that advanced and 6 stocks that declined.

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The broader indices were trading in green with the BSE Midcap index surging 0.83%, while the Small cap index was up by 1.14%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 1.64%, Bankex up by 1.26%, Auto up by 1.25%, Capital Goods up by 1.20% and IT up by 1.19%, while there were no losing sectoral indices on the BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were TCS up by 2.16%, Bajaj Finserv up by 2.02%, Axis Bank up by 1.91%, ICICI Bank up by 1.51% and HDFC Bank up by 1.42%. On the flip side, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 0.65%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 0.64%, Titan Co down by 0.59%, Indusind Bank down by 0.48% and Tech Mahindra down by 0.09% were the top losers.

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The Nifty is presently trading at 17519.85, up 165.80 points or 0.96% after ranging between 17383.30 and 17531.70. On the index, there were 40 stocks that advanced and 10 stocks that declined.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Eicher Motors up by 4.53%, Coal India up by 4.38%, Tata Motors up by 2.78%, TCS up by 2.10% and Axis Bank up by 2.02%. On the flip side, Cipla down by 1.51%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 0.62%, Titan Co down by 0.57%, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 0.53% and Divi’s Lab down by 0.48% were the top losers.