Sensex, Nifty rally firm in morning trade following global cues

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Cipla, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, Power Grid Corp, and Bharti Airtel were the top five gainers. Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, Britania, HDFC Bank, and BPCL were the laggards in Tuesday early trade. India has pipped Hong Kong to become the fourth-highest equity market globally. Advertisement Nifty Advertisement Sensex Advertisement Indian stock indices traded sharply higher Tuesday at the opening bell and were just shy of their all-time highs.Benchmark indices--Sensex and Nifty--were 0.7-0.8% higher from the Saturday closing. Among the widely-tracked50 stocks, 39 advanced and the rest 11 declined at the opening bell.Among the individual stocks, Cipla, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma,...