The Sensex is now up 168 points at 17,818.The NSE Nifty is up 65 points at 5,266.Grasim has zoomed 5% to Rs 3,041. BHEL and Reliance Energy have soared 4.8% each to Rs 2,184 and Rs 1,701, respectively.HDFC Bank and Infosys have rallied over 2% each to Rs Rs 1,455 and Rs 1,649, respectively.ACC has surged nearly 2% to Rs 833. ICICI Bank, Maruti and ONGC are up around 1.5% each at Rs 1,127, Rs 809 and Rs 1,027, respectively.Bharti Airtel has slipped over 1% to Rs 840.Out of 2,750 stocks traded so far, 1,655 have advanced, 1,033 have declined and 62 are unchanged.
