The Sensex has touched a new high of 14,308 and is now at 14,230, up 120 points.
The market breadth is positive, out of 2,378 shares traded, 1,651 have advanced, 677 have declined and 50 are unchanged so far on the BSE. The BSE Realty index is up 2% at 3,594.
Bharti Airel has gained 4% at Rs 800. DLF and Mahindra & Mahindra have added over 3% at Rs 378 and Rs 645, respectively.
Reliance has advanced 2.5% at Rs 2,243.
Reliance Communications, Larsen & Toubro , ACC and HDFC are up over 2% each at Rs 311, Rs 1,342, Rs 725 and Rs 2,219, respectively.
Infosys and Ranbaxy have advanced over 1.5% at Rs 1,614 and Rs 266, respectively.
Tata Power, ITC , Tata Steel and TCS are up 1% each.
Reliance Infrastructures and Sterlite are down 1-2% each at Rs 1,264 and Rs 583, respectively.