The Sensex surged during afternoon trade led by buying in frontline stocks.
On sectoral front, Banking, capital goods, consumer durables and realty stocks contributed to most of the market rally, while IT and FMCG stocks went down.
On the other hand, BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained 1.49% and 1.69% respectively.
The market was unstable. It marched up in a volatile early trade. Later it fell into the red zone. It regained during morning trade. Volatility ruled the roost during early afternoon trade.
Gold inched up on Friday, keeping gains above $900 after rallying to a three-week high the previous day, while holdings of the world's biggest gold-backed exchange-traded fund dipped further away from a record high. Prices were supported as physical demand from India, the world's largest consumer, has picked up ahead of the Akshaya Tritya festival on April 27, an auspicious time for gold buying.
Surrendering immediately to the adverse reaction from livid parents and childrens' groups, the iPhone maker Apple wasted no time to remove the baby-shaking iPhone application from its App Store. Apple not only recalled the "deeply offensive" application, but also issued public apology for approving such a controversial entertainment application called "Baby Shaker" for sale at its Apps store. 
The subsidiary of German Volkswagen that produces luxury cars under the Audi brand - Audi India on Thursday unveiled its luxury business sedan Audi A6 in the Indian market.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has reported that it will start receiving the first images from the all-weather spy satellite, RISAT-2, next week. RISAT-2, along with ANUSAT, was put into orbit by a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Monday. 
