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Equity benchmark indices traded with thin gains during early hours on Thursday amid mixed global cues ahead of the weekly options expiry. At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 141 points or 0.3 per cent at 46,808 while the Nifty 50 ticked higher by 41 points or 0.3 per cent at 13,724. Sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were mixed with Nifty pharma advancing by 1.1 per cent, financial service by 0.6 per cent and PSU bank by 0.3 per cent. But Nifty FMCG, IT, metal and realty were in the red. Among stocks, HDFC gained by 1.9 per cent to Rs 2,472.70 per share. Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank and Dr Reddy's too traded with a positive bias.However, those which lost were Hindustan Lever, ITC, Bajaj Auto, HCL Technologies and NTPC.