Among the components of the BSE Realty index, Brigade Enterprises Ltd (up 6.78%), Godrej Properties Ltd (up 4.62%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd (up 4.22%), DLF Ltd (up 3.56%), Oberoi Realty Ltd (up 3.45%), and Phoenix Mills Ltd (up 0.81%), were the top gainers.

On the other hand, Macrotech Developers Ltd (down 0.59%), Sunteck Realty Ltd (down 0.54%), and Sobha Ltd (down 0.4%) moved lower.

At 09:42 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 744.12 or 1.42% at 53040.32.

The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 241.27 points or 1.52% at 16102.4.

The Nifty 50 index was up 252.65 points or 1.05% at 24308.25.

The BSE Sensex index was up 794.3 points or 1.01% at 79553.7.

On BSE,2600 shares were trading in green, 557 were trading in red and 101 were unchanged.