Indian equities rallied further with Sensex touching psychological mark of 27,000 in post noon trade on Tuesday. The sentiment remained upbeat on sustained capital inflows, led by positive economic data with the GDP growth improving to 5.7% in the April-June quarter and CAD narrowed sharply to 1.7% of GDP. Healthcare and realty stocks witnessed a gain whereas metal stocks registered a fall.

At 1.17 p.m., the Sensex was trading up 139.95 points or 0.52% at 27,007.50. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 42.70 points or 0.53% at 8,070.40.

Top gainers were Cipla (6.48%), Bharti Airtel (3.66%), Sun Pharma (2.84%) and Hero Motocorp (1.91%)

Major losers were SSTL (1.56%), HUL (1.24%), Tata Motors (0.76%) and Tata Steel (0.55%)

The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 1.14% and 1.22% respectively.

The HC index was at 13,662.71, up by 282.45 points or by 2.11%. The Realty index was at 1,796.22, up by 21.83 points or by 1.23%.

On the other hand, the Metal index was at 12,536.88, down by 57.77 points or by 0.46%.