The benchmark indices continued marching ahead in the afternoon trade. The Nifty index was hovering above 15,100 mark. At 13:20 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, jumped 728.02 points or 1.45% at 51,024.91. The Nifty 50 index gained 218.15 points or 1.46% at 15,137.25. ICICI Bank (up 2.59%), Infosys (up 2.32%) and HDFC (up 2.12%) boosted the indices. The broader market rallied. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index added 1.18%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index rose 1.60%. Buyers outnumbered sellers. On the BSE, 1,847 shares rose and 1,029 shares fell. A total of 177 shares were unchanged. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth Rs 2,223.16 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs), were net sellers to the tune of Rs 854.04 crore in the Indian equity market on 2 March 2021, provisional data showed.