Mumbai, April 1 -- The frontline indices traded with substantial gains in afternoon trade. The Sensex and the Nifty, both, attained record high levels in morning trade. The Nifty hovered above the 22,450 mark. All the sectoral indices on the NSE were in the green with realty, media, and metal shares gaining the most.

At 13:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 383.89 points or 0.53% to 74,038.76. The Nifty 50 index rose 144.95 points or 0.65% to 22,471.85

The Sensex and Nifty clocked an all-time high of 74,254.62 and 22,529.95, respectively in morning trade.

The broader market outperformed the benchmark indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index added 1.47% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 2.64%.

The market breadth wa...