Benchmarks hit the day's high

Equity benchmarks extended early gains and hit fresh intraday high in morning trade. At 10:22 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 274.10 points or 0.75% at 36,603.11. The Nifty 50 index was up 81.10 points or 0.76% at 10,786.85.