Sensex surges over 200 points; Tata Motors top mover

The benchmark indices on Thursday continued to trade higher tracking positive trend seen in Asian markets after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's December policy meeting, released overnight, suggested a less hawkish stance from policymakers.

Gains were, however, capped by inconclusive Goods and Services Tax (GST) meeting which ended yesterday. 

At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading at 26,838, up 205 points, while the broader Nifty50 was ruling at 8,253, up 63 points. 

Broader market outperformed the headline indices with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap gaining 0.8% each. 

"The 8,225 region kept a lid on Wednesday’s