After opening 16 points higher over its last close at 7,228, the Sensex soared to a high of 7,302 on all-round buying support in early trades. Although heavyweights have remained steady, buying is firm in banking, auto and other select old economy counters. The Sensex is now up up 83 points at 7,295, while the Nifty has added 22 points to 2,218.HDFC Bank has gained 2% (Rs 13) to Rs 664, and ICICI Bank has moved up 2.52% (Rs 11) to Rs 435. SBI is up a per cent (Rs 5) at Rs 723.ACC, ahead of its quarterly results, has soared 4.82% (Rs 19) to Rs 413. Other cement counters are up with steady gains.Bajaj has added 1.55% (Rs 21) to Rs 1,360. While Hero Honda has surged 3.22% (Rs 19) to Rs 607, Tata Motors has scaled up 2.62% (Rs 11) to Rs 446.HDFC at Rs 935 (up Rs 22 or 2.38%) has nothced up significant gains, while Bharti has shot up 3.39% (Rs 9) to Rs 262.ONGC is up a per cent (Rs 6) at Rs 925, after exhibiting weak trends in the last few trading sessions. Reliance, too, is trading a per cent higher (Rs 4) at Rs 625.Satyam is up a per cent (Rs 5) at Rs 501. Infosys (up Rs 5 to Rs 2,338), TCS (up Rs 3 to Rs 1,315) and Wipro (up Rs 3 to Rs 726) are trading at steady levels.
