The 30-share index Sensex continued its positive run on account of heavy buying activity seen across the board.

Banking, realty, oil & gas, auto stocks led the advances, while some IT stocks went down.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap gained more than 1% each.

At 1:14 p.m., Sensex stood at 15,456.41, up 288.59 points, after touching a high of 15,488.06 and a low of 15,367.97, whereas the broad based Nifty gained 69.10 points at 4,598.60, after hitting a high of 4,616.00 and a low of 4,529.35.

The overall market breadth was sharply positive as it experienced 1,761 advancements as against 777 declinations.

Most active counters on the bourses included Jaiprakash Associates, which gained 7.08%, ICICI Bank surged 4.62%, Reliance Infra zoomed 3.72%, HDFC Bank profited 3.68%, State Bank of India climbed 3.56%, and Maruti Suzuki India rose 3.49%.

On the other hand, the major losers’ were Sterlite Industries (India) that declined 1.85%, Tata Consultancy Services fell 1.37%, NTPC dropped 0.89%, Infosys Technologies lost 0.16% and Hindustan Unilever erased 0.14%.