Mumbai, July 1 (Inditop.com) Realty, energy and banking stocks gave a boost to a key index of the Indian equities markets, which rose from the red about an hour before closing bell Wednesday to trade more than 193 points above its last closing figure.

Around 2.24 p.m., the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,506.43 points, was ruling 189.3 points or 1.31 percent higher at 14,683.14 points.

Similarly, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was ruling 1.36 percent up at 4,349.3 points.

Broader market indices were also in the holding onto positive terrain, with the BSE midcap index trading 0.8 percent higher, while the BSE smallcap index was 0.03 percent up from its previous close.