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As many as 16 stocks in the Sensex pack were trading in the green.

On BSE, the advance-decline ratio stood at 2:3, meaning for every two stocks that rose, three fell.

Steady FII inflows along with gains in domestic currency lent support to the upbeat mood.

BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap slipped 1.13 per cent and 0.94 per cent, respectively.

Hopes of a possible rate cut along with firm cues from global markets kept market buoyant.

Gains in banking, finance and IT stocks led the indices higher.

The market appeared to have shrugged off worries tension between India and Pakistan.

Around 12:55 pm, the BSE Midcap index was 0.27 per cent up at 16,004, while the BSE Sensex was 0.18 per cent down at 37,427.

The BSE Capital Goods index was trading 0.65 per cent down at 18,011 around 11:35 am on Thursday.

Around 11:10 am, the BSE Midcap index was 0.72 per cent up at 15,757, while the BSE Sensex was 0.43 per cent up at 37,016.

In the Nifty index, 41 stocks settled in the green and 9 in the red on Friday.

The NSE Nifty index was trading flat at 10,429, while the BSE Sensex was up 50 points at 34,395 around 10 am.

At 10:40 hours, the BSE Midcap index was trading 0.34 per cent up at 16,484, while the BSE Sensex was 0.35 per cent up at 33,894.

Sensex and Nifty hit their fresh all-time high of 33,848.42 and 10,490.45, respectively.

Sensex zoomed 260 points to settle the day at its fresh lifetime high of 30,582.60.

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