Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty edged higher in opening trade on Thursday, August 6, amid lower crude oil prices and buying in Reliance Industries. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, traded 0.13 per cent lower at USD 79.35 per barrel. The central bank marginally raised the GDP forecast for the current fiscal to 6.7 per cent while slightly lowering the inflation projection to 5 per cent. In Asian markets, South Korea’s KOSPI, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index traded sharply lower, while Shanghai’s SSE Composite index quoted marginally higher. The Nifty edged up 9.75 points, or 0.04 per cent, to end at 24,624.65.