Stock market: Sensex climbs over 50 points, Nifty50 above 10,500

Benchmark indices opened on a higher note on Thursday, as the domestic economy grew at 7.2 per cent in the third quarter, surpassing consensus estimates. Investors though chose to shrug off data on fiscal deficit , which at Rs 6.77 lakh crore for April-January period was 113.7 per cent of the revised full-year estimate of Rs 5.94 lakh crore. Auto stocks were in focus ahead of monthly sales data.