Reliance hogs limelight; Sensex up 56pts

The Sensex has erased half of its gains and is now up 56 points at 9367.

Reliance has gained 3.3% (Rs 29) at Rs 902. Grasim is up nearly 2% at Rs 1,452.

HLL, Reliance Energy, HDFC Bank, TCS, HDFC and Satyam are up over 1% each.

ONGC has shed 1% to Rs 1,212, and Tata Steel is down nearly 1% at Rs 353.

Out of 2,407 stocks traded so far, 1,296 have advanced, 1,034 have declined and the rest are unchanged.

Reliance tops the value chart with a turnover of Rs 483.99 crore followed by HDFC (Rs 49.45 crore), Educomp (Rs 41.96 crore), Bartronics (Rs 29.72 crore) and Renuka Sugar (Rs 24.88 crore).

Reliance also leads the volume chart with trades of around 54 lakh shares followed by Rana Sugars (28.36 lakh shares), Radha Madhav (23.29 lakh shares), Bartronics (21.88 lakh shares) and Gayatri Sugar (17.22 lakh shares).