Indian equities continue to trade on positive note on Wednesday led by consumer durables, IT and auto stocks. However realty stocks registered a fall.

At 2.26 p.m., the Sensex was trading up 129.77 points or 0.49% at 26,572.58 with 18 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 33.95 points or 0.43% at 7,938.70 with 26 components gaining.

Top gainers were ICICI Bank (2.21%), ONGC (1.99%), Hero Motocorp (1.41%) and Tata Motors (1.38%).

Major losers were SSTL (1.69%), NTPC (1.42%), BHEL (1.14%) and Sun Pharma (0.79%).

The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.71% and 0.87% respectively.

The IT index was at 10,164.87, up by 96.91 points or by 0.96%. The Consumer Durables index was at 9,220.53, up by 79.66 points or by 0.87%. The Auto index was at 17,241.10, up by 130.14 points or by 0.76%.

On the other hand, the Realty index was at 1,763.58, down by 21.45 points or by 1.2%.