The Sensex has rallied to the day's high, now up 255 points at 8,416 on the back of fresh buying.
ICICI Bank has extended gains and now zoomed over 8% to Rs 285.
Maruti and Tata Motors have soared around 5.5% each to Rs 686 and Rs 144, respectively.
Sterlite has surg4ed over 5% to Rs 257. Hindustan Unilever, ITC and Reliance have gained around 4.5% each at Rs 227, Rs 165 and Rs 1,205, respectively.
Infosys has moved up 4% to Rs 1,245. Sun Pharma, TCS and BHEL have added around 3.5% each to Rs 1,016, Rs 479 and Rs 1,344, respectively.
Wipro, HDFC, Larsen & Toubro and Tata Steel are up around 3% each at Rs 212, Rs 1,294, Rs 579 and Rs 157, respectively.
Bharti Airtel has plunged over 4% to Rs 563. Tata Power has moved up 1.7% to Rs 612.
The market breadth is marginally positive - out of 2,297 stocks traded so far, 1,168 have advanced, 1,030 have declined and the rest are unchanged.
