The Sensex continues to rally to higher levels on the back of unabated buying in financial and realty stocks. The index is now up 492 points at 14,541.
The BSE Bankex has soared over 6% to 7,014, and the Realty index has surged over 4% to 4,958.
ICICI Bank has zoomed nearly 7% to Rs 678, and SBI has soared 6.5% to Rs 1,394.
BHEL and Reliance Infrastructure have soared over 5% each to Rs 1,712 and Rs 984, respectively.
HDFC Bank has rallied 4.7% to Rs 1,273. HDFC and Tata Steel have gained 4.5% each at Rs 2,349 and Rs 597, respectively.
Jaiprakash Associates has advanced over 4% to Rs 163. DLF,
Reliance Communications and Tata Motors have moved up nearly 4% each to Rs 486, Rs 400 and Rs 434, respectively.
Out of 2,448 stocks traded so far, 1,744 have advanced, 625 have declined and 79 are unchanged.