Indian shares advanced on Monday as strong earnings from Tata Motors Ltd and DLF Ltd added to the optimism over cooling domestic retail inflation. The Nifty 50 was up 0.38% at 18,382.90 as of 10:22 a.m. IST, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.43% to 62,296.54. Eleven of the 13 major sectoral indexes advanced, with auto and realty stocks rising nearly 1% and 2.5%, respectively.