Mumbai, April 4 -- The key equity indices pared all losses and traded with moderate gains in afternoon trade. The Nifty scaled above 22,550 mark after hitting day's low of 22,303.80 in morning trade. Private bank, financial services and bank stocks advanced while realty, oil & gas, PSU bank and media shares declined. Trading was volatile due to the expiry of weekly index options on the NSE.

At 13:27 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex, was jumped 514.24 points or 0.71% to 74,398.37. The Nifty 50 index gained 126.10 points or 0.56% to 22,560.75.

The Sensex and Nifty clocked an all-time high of 74,501.73 and 22,619, respectively in early trade.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index added 0.08% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index rose 0.53%. ...