The Sensex stands firm with a gain of around 141 points at 10,271.Auto stocks are in demand. Hero Honda has rallied 4.5% to Rs 792. Tata Motors and Maruti have gained around 3% each to Rs 766 and Rs 745, respectively. Reliance Communications has moved up 2.7% to Rs 224. Larsen & Toubro and HDFC Bank has advanced around 2.5% each to Rs 2,122 and Rs 745, respectively.HDFC and ONGC are up 2.3% each at Rs 1,076 and Rs 1,057, respectively.NTPC is the sole loser among the index stocks.The market breadth is fairly positive - out of 1,981 stocks traded so far, 1,318 have advanced, 606 have declined and 57 are unchanged.
