Glitch halts trading at NSE, Sensex edges higher, metals, auto stocks rise

The Sensex continued to trade higher on Wednesday led by gains in metal, pharma, auto and banking sectors. Also, Reliance Industries continued gaining post O2C reorganisation, contributing the most to the benchmarks.

Meanwhile, a glitch halted trading at NSE indices including Nifty. The index is currently frozen at 14,820.45-level up 112.65 points or 0.77 percent. Following this, the cash market price at the exchange is not getting updated.