The BSE Sensex continued its positive journey as it witnessed heavy buying activity in banking, power and realty stocks.

Moreover, it also touched its one month high during the initial trading session.

At 12:10 p.m., Sensex stood at 14,738.23, up 634.03 points, whereas the broad-based NSE Nifty gained 179.6 points, at 4,421.10.

The market breadth was extremely positive as it experienced 2,044 progressions as against 370 declinations.

All sectoral Indices were trading in positive, led by BSE Bankex, which gained 8.22%, Realty profited 7.60%, and Power surged 6.78%.

Most active counters in the 30-share index were ICICI Bank that rose 10.29%, Reliance Communication gained 10.09%, Reliance Infra surged 9.95%.

The other gainers were BHEL, HDFC, DLF and SBI.

The major losers at the Sensex included Cipla, which declined 1.49%, followed by ITC and HUL.