After tumbling over 100 points yesterday, the Sensex today opened on a strong note at 7,172 - up 27 points over its previous close. Stocks rallied sharply in early trades, and the Sensex surged past the 7,200-mark to touch an intra-day high of 7,240.Emergence of profit-taking trimmed the gains of the index to a low of 7,158 towards early noon trades. Recovery led by select heavyweights, banking and tech stocks since mid-noon trades saw the Sensex bounce back from its lows and finally end the session above the 7,200 levels at 7,212 - up 67 points.The Nifty gained 17 points to close at 2,196.Reliance Industries moved up 1.10% (Rs 7) to Rs 621. ITC scaled up 1.46% (Rs 24) to Rs 1,704. While ONGC lost a per cnet (Rs 10) to Rs 920, HLL ended a tad lower at Rs 158.Wipro moved up 1.71% (Rs 12) to Rs 722, while Infosys gained a per cent (Rs 15) to Rs 2,333. TCS at Rs 1,312 (up Rs 3) and Satyam at Rs 496 (up Rs 5) ended with steady gains.HDFC Bank moved up 1.72% (Rs 11) to Rs 651, and ICICI Bank was up a per cent (Rs 2) at Rs 424. SBI, too, closed with a per cent gain (Rs 7) at Rs 718.Bharti shot up 5% (Rs 12) to Rs 254. L&T advanced 1.93% (Rs 23) to Rs 1,223, while HDFC clocked a per cent gain (Rs 10) to Rs 913. Tisco jumped 2% (Rs 7) to Rs 361.Ranbaxy ended with a per cent gain (Rs 8) at Rs 1,057. Cipla was up 1.10% (Rs 3) at Rs 317. Dr. Reddy's, however, ended weak at Rs 768 - down Rs 3.Hero Honda at Rs 588 (up Rs 7 or 1.14%). Bajaj lost 1.14% (Rs 15) to Rs 1,335, and Maruti was down a notch at Rs 448. Tata Motors, too, ended weak at Rs 434 - down Rs 2.
