BENGALURU, Jan 11 (Reuters) - India's benchmark indexes Nifty 50 and Sensex opened higher on Thursday, tracking a rebound in their Asian peers and as investors awaited key company earnings results and the U.S. inflation reading for cues on interest rates.

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 added 0.40% to 21,705.25 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex gained 0.38% to 71,927.75, as of 9:16 a.m. IST. (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H K)