The Sensex is firm above the 15,000-mark, up 574 points at 15,072. The BSE Bankex and the Realty indices have surged over 7% each to 7,529 and 5,348, respectively.
ICICI Bank has zoomed nearly 8% to Rs 717. DLF and SBI have soared around 7% each to Rs 530 and Rs 1,515, respectively.
HDFC Bank has rallied 6.7% to Rs 1,383. ONGC has gained 6.5% at Rs 1,097.
Jaiprakash Associates has moved up nearly 6% to Rs 172. Reliance Infrastructure has added 5% to Rs 1,031.
Larsen & Toubro has advanced 4.5% to Rs 2,678. TCS, Wipro and BHEL are up nearly 4% each to Rs 845, Rs 450 and Rs 1,787, respectively.
Ranbaxy has shed 7.5% at Rs 462. Tata Power has slipped 1.8% to Rs 430.
The market breadth is positive - out of 2,652 stocks traded so far, 1,611 have advanced, 959 have declined and the rest are unchanged.