Mumbai (Maharashtra), Nov. 27 -- : Equity benchmark indices edged higher during early hours on Wednesday morning as auto and metal stocks showed gains amid positive trends in Asian markets.

At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex bounced by 180 points to 41,001 while the Nifty 50 gained by 54 points to 12,092. All sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the green except for Nifty realty. Nifty auto added gains of 1.13 per cent while Nifty metal rose by 0.69 per cent.

Yes Bank moved up by 4.99 per cent to level at Rs 66.30 per share while home financer HDFC was up by 1.49 per cent at Rs 2,339 apiece. Auto majors lifted the market sentiment with Tata Motors gaining by 2.6 per cent, Mahindra & Mahindra by 1.8 per cent and Maruti by 1...