The overall market sentiment remains optimistic, although profit-taking in select counters have trimmed the gains of the index in early noon trades. The Sensex is now up 45 pts at 7,714.Reliance and Reliance Energy are up over a per cent gain each at Rs 718 and Rs 638, respectively. HLL, however, has shed 1.47% (Rs 3) to Rs 171.SBI has trimmed gains to Rs 801 (up Rs 13), while ICICI Bank is still subdued with a per cent loss (Rs 4) at Rs 529.TCS is still up 2.21% (Rs 28) at Rs 1,280. Satyam has pared gains to Rs 522 - up Rs 7 or 1.36%.BHEL (up Rs 23 or 2.34% to Rs 1,016), Tisco (up Rs 13 or 3.48% to Rs 377) and Tata Power (up Rs 10 or 2.57% to Rs 414) have edged higher.Tata Motors is up nearly 4% (Rs 20) at Rs 521, while Maruti has advanced 2.18% (Rs 11) to Rs 504. Hero Honda is up a per cent (Rs 5) at Rs 634.Tech stocks have attracted buying support. i-flex has jumped 7.37% (Rs 61) to Rs 889. While SSI has moved up 5.74% (Rs 3) to Rs 50, HCL Tech has gained 5.56% (Rs 22) to Rs 423. Atech, KPIT Cummins, Patni Computers, Hinduja TMT and HCL Infosys are up in a range of 2-5%.Oil & Gas stocks, too, have rallied sharply. Kochi Refineries has advanced 6.92% (Rs 11) to Rs 163. Gail has surged 6.57% (Rs 15) to Rs 239, MRPL is up 4.80% (Rs 2) at Rs 53. Chennai Petro, HPCL, HOEL, IOC, Aban Loyd, Petronet LNG and Bongaigaon Refinery have added 2-4% gains.
