The 30-share index continued to gain for the fifth successive day today following worldwide signals.

Realty and banking stocks remained the top gainers today.

At 10.08 a. m., the Sensex gained 119.18 points to trade at 18,105.08. In the meantime, the broad-based Nifty was trading 37.30 points up at 5,437.95.

Today, the Sensex belled the day after gaining 39.05 points at 18,024.95, whereas Nifty begun the day with a fall of 30.45 points at 5,370.20.

Asian bourses gained after the world's largest chip manufacturer announced record second-quarter sales and Singapore lifted up its economic growth estimation for the third time in 2010.

The top movers in the Sensex comrised Housing Development Finance Corporation, DLF, HDFC Bank, Reliance Energy Ltd, Hindalco Ind and ACC.

In contrast, the biggest losers in the 30-share-index were Infosys Technologies and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

The BSE Midcap index gained 0.65% and BSE Smallcap index rose 0.74%.

Among sectoral indices, the Realty index surged 44.05 points, the Bankex index grew by 126.57 points, the Consumer Durables index increased by 48.44 points and the IT index remained weak by 0.07 points.