The Sensex is now up 225 points at 18,738.Tata Steel has zoomed 7.5% to Rs 984, and Hindalco has soared 4.3% to Rs 197.ICICI Bank has surged 4.7% to Rs 1,150. Maruti has rallied over 3% to Rs 1,154.Bharti Airtel has advanced 2.8% to Rs 1,013. Reliance Energy and Larsen & Toubro have added 2.5% each to Rs 1,695 and Rs 3,481, respectively.SBI has gained 2% at Rs 1,947. Reliance and BHEL are up 1.5% each at Rs 2,651 and Rs 2,308, respectively.Cipla has plunged over 5% to Rs 186. Dr.Reddy's has shed 2.7% to Rs 613.ITC and HDFC are down 1% each at Rs 183 and Rs 2,519, respectively.Out of 2,730 stocks traded so far, 1,693 have advanced, 973 have declined and 64 are unchanged.
