New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Indian stock market witnessed strong buying in morning trade on Thursday, 15 October, with the benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, jumping more than 1% each even as the mid- and small-cap segments remained lacklustre.

The 30-share pack jumped nearly 900 points, or 1.20%, to its intraday high of 73,658, while the Nifty 50 climbed nearly 250 points, or 1.10%, to its day's high of 22,870. On the other hand, the BSE 150 Midcap index and the BSE 250 Smallcap index drooped by 0.50% during the morning session.

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