The Sensex slipped into the negative zone and had touched a low of 13,901.
However, the index recovered and is now 14 points higher at 13,928.
Hindalco has gained 4% at Rs 80. Sterlite has added over 3.5% to Rs 558.
HDFC has advanced 3% each to Rs 2,148.
Infosys, BHEL, Reliance Infrastructures and Sun Pharma are up over 2% each at Rs 1,545, Rs 2,042, Rs 1,154 and Rs 1,343, respectively.
Tata Seel and ACC have moved up over 1.5% each.
Hindustan Unilever, Wipro, Grasim and DLF are the other gainers.
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Bharti Airtel has slipped 4% to Rs 780. Ranbaxy has dropped over 2.5% to Rs 260.
NTPC is down 1% at Rs 211.
The market breadth is positive, out of 2,380 shares traded, 2,014 have advanced , 336 have declined and 30 are unchanged on the BSE so far.