The Sensex is now up 104 points at 13,674.
Sterlite has surged 4.3% to Rs 470. ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank have rallied 2.7% each to Rs 615 and Rs 1,271, respectively.
DLF has advanced over 2% to Rs 404. Larsen & Toubro, BHEL and Maruti have gained around 1.5% each at Rs 2,570, Rs 1,650 and Rs 711, respectively.
Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance have also added nearly 1.5% each to Rs 876 and Rs 2,038, respectively.
SBI, HDFC, NTPC, Reliance Communications, Grasim, Hindalco and Tata Steel are up over 1% each.
Satyam has plunged over 4% to Rs 318, and Wipro has shed 3% at Rs 379.
Bharti Airtel is down 1% at Rs 787.