Benchmark indices continued to trade higher on Friday with Sensex gained over 400 points and Nifty crossed 11,450 mark with the help of bank and IT stocks.

At 14:38 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 420.67 points at 38,175.56, while Nifty is up 124.40 points at 11,467.70. About 1224 shares have advanced, 1255 shares declined, and 152 shares are unchanged.