India, Oct. 20 -- India's stock market opened higher today on better-than-expected bank earnings and positive global cues on easing US-China trade tensions.

At 9:20 am, the 30-share BSE Sensex was 0.79% higher at 84,618.61 points, even as the broader NSE Nifty 50 jumped 0.81% to 25,916.70.

India's top two private sector lenders-HDFC Bank Ltd. and ICICI Bank Ltd.-reported higher-than-expected profits for the September quarter, along with an improvement in their asset quality on Saturday. Reliance Industries Ltd. missed quarterly profit estimates due to weakness in the legacy oil-to-chemicals segment, but its revenue came in above forecast.

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