Mumbai, Dec. 1 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with minor gains in the morning trade supported by India's strong Q2 FY26 GDP growth, which accelerated to 8.2%.. The Nifty traded above the 26,200 level. Investor will monitor the monthly auto sales, IPO pipeline, and the RBI's monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, scheduled later this week.

Auto stocks jumped for the second consecutive trading session.

At 11:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, jumped 167.55 points or 0.20% to 85,874.22. The Nifty 50 index climbed 42.25 points or 0.17% to 26,248.20.

The Nifty 50 and the Sensex hit fresh all-time highs in early trade at 26,325.80 and 86,026.18, respectively, while the Bank Nifty also scaled a new record high of 60,114.3...