India, Nov. 19 -- Indian stocks opened higher Tuesday morning as investors shrugged off concerns about U.S.-China trade dispute and lined up at a few blue chip counters in early trades.

However, with stocks finding stiff resistance at higher levels, the market pared a substantial portion of its early gains and was up just marginally a little while ago.

The benchmark BSE Sensex, which zoomed to 40,455.36 at the start, was up 20.80 points, or 0.05%, at 40,304.99.

The National Stock Exchange's Nifty50 was up 2.75 points, or 0.02%, at 11,887.25, having retreated from an early high of 11,925.70.

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