Key barometers were hovering near the day's high in mid-afternoon trade. At 14:22 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 148.59 points or 0.39% at 38,036.15. The Nifty 50 index was up 28.20 points or 0.25% at 11,478.20. The Sensex was trading above the psychologically important 38,000 mark. The Sensex and the Nifty, both, hit fresh record high levels in intraday trade.
Among secondary barometers, the BSE Mid-Cap index was up 0.64%, outperforming the Sensex. The BSE Small-Cap index was up 0.34%, underperforming the Sensex.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was positive. On BSE, 1348 shares rose and 1254 shares fell. A total of 130 shares were unchanged.
Most realty shares rose. Sobha (up 5.80%), DLF (up 5.71%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) (up 5.51%), Sunteck Realty (up 4.44%), Indiabulls Real Estate (up 3.54%), Unitech (up 2.46%), Peninsula Land (up 1.85%), Anant Raj (up 1.79%), Prestige Estates Projects (up 1.12%), D B Realty (up 0.45%), Omaxe (up 0.16%) and Mahindra Lifespace Developers (up 0.13%), edged higher. Phoenix Mills (down 0.11%), Oberoi Realty (down 0.82%), Godrej Properties (down 0.88%) and Parsvnath Developers (down 1.13%), edged lower.
Most power generation stocks rose. Adani Power (up 5.60%), Reliance Power (up 2.37%), JSW Energy (up 1.56%), GMR Infrastructure (up 1.40%), Tata Power (up 1.08%), NTPC (up 1.07%), Torrent Power (up 0.37%) and NHPC (up 0.20%), edged higher. Reliance Infrastructure (down 0.08%), CESC (down 1.74%) and Jaiprakash Power Ventures (down 2.48%), edged lower.
State-run Coal India was up 2.10%. State-run Power Grid Corporation of India was down 0.05%.
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