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SI Reporter  | New Delhi 

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Stock brokers react to the movement share prices on BSE Sensex in Mumbai on January 23. Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar
The Indian were trading at record high levels for the second consecutive day on Tuesday after Pfizer said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90 per cent effective based on initial trial results.

Among benchmarks, the S&P BSE Sensex gained 300 points at 42,900 levels and the Nifty50 index topped the 12,500-mark. HDFC, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, and State Bank of India were all up 2 per cent each.

Meanwhile, Pfizer zoomed 19 per cent in early deals on the Covid vaccine-related development.

The Nifty sectoral indices were mixed, with gains in Nifty Bank index, up 1.5 per cent, being offset by Nifty IT index, down 2 per cent.
 
Results today

A total of 535 companies including GAIL India, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindalco Industries, and Tata Power are scheduled to announce their quarterly earnings today.

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