The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 262 points at 15,430 on the back of positive cues from the global markets. The index, thereafter, displayed firm trend throughout the day on the back of smart gains in banking, realty and oil & gas stocks.
The index touched a high of 15,521, and finally settled with a gain of 336 points at 15,504.
The BSE Realty index surged 5.3% to 5,799. The Bankex advanced over 4% to 7,702, and the Oil & Gas index surged 3% to 10,437.
The market breadth was fairly bullish - out of 2,776 stocks traded, 1,736 moved up, 971 declined and the rest were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty moved up 91 points to end at 4,620.
INDEX MOVERS
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Jaiprakash Associates soared 7.7% to Rs 198. Reliance Infrastructure surged 6.7% to Rs 1,102. DLF added 3.5% to Rs 568.
ICICI Bank rallied 5.7% to Rs 771. SBI moved up 4.7% to Rs 1,593. HDFC and HDFC Bank added 2.2% each to Rs 2,570 and Rs 1,309, respectively.
Maruti surged over 5% to Rs 716. ONGC and Reliance Communications gained 3.7% each at Rs 1,103 and Rs 454, respectively.
Reliance advanced 3.3% to Rs 2,326. Mahindra & Mahindra added 2.8% to Rs 590, and BHEL was up 2.5% at Rs 1,827.
...AND THE SHAKERS
Sterlite slipped over 2% to Rs 625. TCS and Tata Steel were down 1% each at Rs 834 and Rs 645, respectively.
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
Reliance Communications topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 239.50 crore followed by Reliance (Rs 232.50 crore), Reliance Capital (Rs 220.70 crore), debutant Vishal Info (Rs 216.25 crore) and Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 181.20 crore).
Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around 1.73 crore shares followed by Vishal Info (1.17 crore), Kashyap Technologies (1.05 crore), IFCI (99 lakh) and Cals (73 lakh).