The Sensex opened 70 points higher at 9,161 on the back of positive global cues. The index, thereafter, displayed firm trend throughout the day helped by steady buying in energy, metal and banking stocks.
The Sensex touched a high of 9,321, and finally ended with a gain of 210 points at 9,301.
The BSE Oil & Gas and Metal indices surged over 3% each to 6,334 and 5,103, respectively. The Bankex advanced 2.5% to 4,764.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,565 stocks traded, 1,459 advanced, 1,002 declined and the rest were unchanged today.
INDEX MOVERS...
Ranbaxy soared 7% to Rs 224. Grasim surged 6.5% to Rs 1,413.
Tata Motors and Reliance rallied around 4.5% each to Rs 138 and Rs 1,344, respectively.
ICICI Bank, TCS and Reliance Infrastructure gained 4% each at Rs 407, Rs 502 and Rs 541, respectively.
Bharti Airtel advanced 3% to Rs 647. Mahindra & Mahindra added 2.8% to Rs 274, and ONGC gained 2.4% at Rs 681.
Tata Steel, SBI and Infosys moved up over 2% each to Rs 186, Rs 1,118 and Rs 1,287, respectively.
NTPC and Wipro were up 2% each at Rs 180 and Rs 224, respectively.
...AND THE SHAKERS
Hindustan Unilever slipped 1% to Rs 261. DLF, too, was down nearly 1% at Rs 138.
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
Reliance topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 237.40 crore followed by Educomp Solutions (Rs 111.75 crore), United Spirits (Rs 109.20 crore), Reliance Infrastructure (Rs 97.10 crore) and DLF (Rs 86.50 crore).
Wire & Wireless led the volume chart with trades of around two crore shares followed by Satyam (1.67 crore), Cals Refineries (1.41 crore), Unitech (1.37 crore) and Orbit Corporation (1.03 crore).
