The Sensex is now up 147 points at 17,496.The NSE Nifty is up 47 points at 5,158.Maruti has rallied nearly 4% to Rs 797. Wipro has soared nearly 3% to Rs 435.Reliance Energy has surged 2.7% to Rs 1,598, and Ranbaxy has gained 2.5% at Rs 420.Reliance, ACC and ITC have advanced over 2% each to Rs 2,484, Rs 792 and Rs 205, respectively.Infosys and Satyam have moved up nearly 2% each to Rs 1,610 and Rs 447, respectively.ONGC and Grasim have added 1.7% each to Rs 1,015 and Rs 2,840, respectively.DLF has advanced 1.5% to Rs 841, and NTPC has added 1.3% to Rs 201.Ambuja Cements and Larsen & Toubro are up 1% each at Rs 119 and Rs 3,466, respectively.HDFC Bank has plunged 4.6% to Rs 1,407, and Bajaj Auto has tumbled over 4% to Rs 2,201.Mahindra & Mahindra has slipped 1.6% to Rs 619.Out of 2,673 stocks traded so far, 1,710 have declined, 902 have advanced and 61 are unchanged.
