Market update: Sensex gains over 200 pts, Nifty trades above 22,400

NSE Nifty was up by 0.28 per cent, or 63.20 points, to 22,465, while the BSE Sensex was at 74,088, up by 0.32 per cent, or 235.44 points.

A total of 3,837 stocks were actively traded, while 2,030 advanced, 1,675 declined and 132 stocks remained unchanged. 213 stocks hit 52-week high and 11 stocks hit 52-week low at 1.20 p.m. on the BSE.

Major gainers on the BSE include Hitachi Energy (17.85%), JWL (10.81%), Inox Wind (7.34%), Bharat Forge (6.86%), Mas Financial (6.62%). Major losers include Kotak (-10.10%), Dalmia Bharat (-5.83%), Indian Hotels (-4.63%), Sparc (-4.19%), Bharat Bijlee (-3.84%).

BSE Smallcap was up by 0.51 per cent and BSE Midcap was up by 0.42 per cent.

Major stocks that hit 52-week high on the NSE are GPT Infra (15.27%), Hitachi (12.64%), Yuken (10.44%) and HG Infra (8.95%).