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SI Reporter  | New Delhi 

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A broker monitors share prices while trading at a brokerage firm in Mumbai. (File photo: Reuters)
The Indian inched higher in Wednesday's morning deals after a flat opening, lifted mainly by auto stocks .

The S&P BSE Sensex added 140 points at 39,190 levels and the Nifty50 index topped the 11,550-mark. Mahindra & Mahindra (up 5%) was the top Sensex gainer, followed by Larsen & Toubro, and Bajaj Auto (all up 3%). On the other hand, State Bank of India and Axis Bank were trading half a per cent lower.

rose 4 per cent in early deals after the company announced its collaboration with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to develop vaccines to protect against Covid-19.

The trend among Nifty sectoral indices was largely positive, led by Nifty Auto index, up 2 per cent.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indexes were trading 0.4 per cent higher, each.

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