<b>Sensex @ 18K,</b> up 781pts; REL zooms 11%

Rally continues unabated... The Sensex is now up 781 points at 18,273.

All index stocks are in positive territory.

Reliance Energy has zoomed 11% to Rs 1,530, and Reliance Communications has soared over 9% to Rs 700.

Maruti and Reliance have surged around 7% each to Rs 1,100 and Rs 2,580, respectively.

SBI has rallied 6.4% to Rs 1,896. Tata Steel and NTPC have gained around 5.5% each at Rs 833 and Rs 216, respectively.

ACC, Grasim and ONGC are up around 4% each at Rs 1,173, Rs 3,596 and Rs 985, respectively.

Out of 2,768 stocks traded so far, 1,756 have advanced, 949 have declined and 63 are unchanged.