The Sensex is now up 263 points at 13,445.ICICI Bank has rallied 4.5% to Rs 867. NTPC has soared over 4% to Rs 146.Reliance Energy and Gujarat Ambuja have surged over 3.5% each to Rs 534 and Rs 139, respectively.Reliance Communications, Cipla, Satyam and Dr.Reddy's have advanced around 3% each to Rs 446, Rs 245, Rs 461 and Rs 807, respectively.Out of 2,548 stocks traded so far, 2,018 have moved up, 466 have declined and the rest are unchanged.
