The Sensex is now up 132 points at 14,543.Hero Honda has rallied nearly 4% to Rs 724. HDFC Bank has surged 2.7% to Rs 1,134.SBI and Bajaj Auto have advanced around 2% each to Rs 1,353 and Rs 2,241, respectively. Reliance Communications has added 1.6% to Rs 510.Tata Motors, Infosys, HDFC and Satyam have moved up 1.3% each to Rs 752, Rs 1,929, Rs 1,852 and Rs 471, respectively.Cipla, Maruti and Larsen & Toubro are the other prominent gainers.NTPC has slipped 1% to Rs 159.Out of 2,385 stocks traded so far, 1,412 have advanced, 892 have declined and 81 are unchanged.
