The benchmark equity indices at noon trade on Friday surged to the day's high of 1 per cent each. The Sensex was up 0.9 per cent at 34,553 and the Nifty inches up 1 per cent at 10,196.

The Bank Nifty was up 2 per cent to trade at 21,381. The Nifty Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 1 per cent and 2 per cent respectively. The India Volatility Indes was down 2.2 per cent to 30.75.

The Nifty Realty index remained the top sectoral gainer strengthening 4.3 per cent, and the Nifty PSU Bank is up 2.5 per cent.

The laggard was the Nifty IT index, trading down 0.4 per cent.

Bajaj Finance was the top gainer in the Nifty index gaining up to 7 per cent while Infosys remains the top laggard, trading down 1.5 per cent.

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