The barometers continued to trade with limited gains in afternoon trade. The Nifty traded above the 22,400 level. Oil & gas, pharma and realty shares advanced while media, IT and consumer durables shares declined.

At 13:27 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 36.54 points or 0.05% to 73,842.69. The Nifty 50 index added 62.30 points or 0.10% to 22,401.05.

The benchmark Nifty50 hit a record high of 22,440.90 in the mid- morning trade.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.31% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.71%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,402 shares rose and 2,475 shares fell. A total of 142 shares were unchanged.

Economy:

India’s forex reserves jumped $2.975 billion to $619.072 billion for the week ended...

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