The Sensex opened with a small gain of four points at 7,192. The index soon breached the 7,200-mark, and moved in a range of 7,210 and 7,230 levels before profit-taking trimmed gains. After dipping to a low of 7,178 in early noon trades, the index soon moved into positive zone. A fresh bout of across-the-board buying towards the closing bell saw the index zoom to a high of 7,283 - up 105 points from the day's low.The Sensex finally snapped the three-day decline with a gain of 84 points to close at 7,272. The market breadth was bullish today. Out of 2,579 scrips traded on the BSE, 1,720 advanced, 804 declined and 55 were unchanged.Reliance, on volumes of over 28.57 lakh, soared 3.82% (Rs 24) to Rs 667. While Reliance Energy added 1.86% (Rs 12) to Rs 633, ONGC was up a per cent (Rs 5) at Rs 927.Infosys jumped 2.89% (Rs 62) to Rs 2,195. While TCS moved up 1.93% (Rs 24) to Rs 1,248, Satyam was up a per cent (Rs 4) at Rs 481. Wipro gained 1.13% (Rs 8) to Rs 704.L&T shot up 1.56% (Rs 19) to Rs 1,257, and Tisco scaled up 1.88% (Rs 7) to Rs 357.Dr. Reddy's added 1.32% (Rs 10) to Rs 748. While Cipla gained 1.69% (Rs 5) to Rs 331, Ranbaxy was up a per cent (Rs 7) at Rs 1,036.HDFC Bank declined 2.21% (Rs 14) to Rs 630, and ICICI Bank lost 1.22% (Rs 5) to Rs 440. SBI, however, clocked a per cent gain (Rs 6) to Rs 718.VSNL jumped 7.64% (Rs 24) to Rs 341. Videocon International added 5.31% (Rs 4) to Rs 79.FMCG scrips notched up significant gains. Shaw Wallace soared 15.92% (Rs 26) to Rs 190. While McDowell advanced 6.21% (Rs 19) to Rs 322, Tata Coffee surged 5.52% (Rs 16) to Rs 313.
