Strong gains in IT and banking counters led equity benchmark indices to record new highs during early hours on Friday. Market analysts said domestic sentiments are buoyant as demand is coming back to normalcy faster than expected. The BSE S&P Sensex was up by 243 points or 0.41 per cent at 60,128 while the Nifty 50 gained by 65 points or 0.37 per cent to 17,888. Sectoral indices were mixed with Nifty IT gaining by 2.2 per cent and realty by 1.4 per cent. Among stocks, HCL Technologies surged 3.4 per cent to Rs 1,373 per share while Wipro moved up 2.3 per cent and Infosys by 2.1 per cent.