Backed by unabated FII buying, the markets continue to display strength for yet another day. The Sensex is now up 169 points at 19,586. The NSE Nifty is up 54 points at 5883.
Ranbaxy and Ambuja Cements have rallied over 4.5% each to Rs 528 and Rs 143, respectively.
Reliance Communications, ACC and ABB have surged around 3% each to Rs 163, Rs 995 and Rs 838, respectively.
Bharti Airtel has moved up 2.5% to Rs 356. TCS, Hindalco, Jindal Steel, Tata Steel, Reliance and Sun Pharma are the other major gainers among the Nifty 50 stocks.
IDFC has slipped 1.3% to Rs 193. Maruti and HDFC are the other notable losers.
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