Upward movements conitnued to be seen in the markets as the Sensex scaled up 157 points at 19,400 while the Nifty was at 5,829 up 62 points.
Topping the Sensex was ICICI bank up 5% at Rs 1,111, followed by Cipla at Rs 366 and Reliance Communications at rs 127, both up 4%.
The losers on the benchmark were Bharti Airtel at rS 328, followed by Bajaj Auto at Rs 1,486 and Tata Motors at Rs 1,240, all down 3%.
The broader indices continued to outperform, with the Midcap index at 7,371 up 1.5% and the Smallcap at 8,901 up 1.8%.
Consumer Durables scrips were still ruling the sectoral charts, with the index up 2.3% at 5,896. The Bankex index overtook the Healthcare index at 12,908, while Healthcare was at 6,579, both up 2%.
Top gainers on the Consumer Durables index were Whirlpool up 6%, followed by Videocon Industries and Blue Star, both up 4%.
The Teck and Auto indices remained at the lower rung of the sectoral indices, both trading marginally in the negative at 3,721 and 9,848 respectively.
Auto stocks in the red were Bajaj Auto and Tata Motors, both down 3%, followed by Amtek Auto down 2%.
Asian indices Hang Seng and Nikkei were both in the red. The Hang Seng was marginally down 0.27%, while the Nikkei shed 0.72%.