Sensex ends up 378pts, Infosys zooms 4%

Following yesterday's record-breaking run, the Sensex opened with a bang at 18,473 - up 193 points from the previous close.

Unabated buying in capital goods and technology stocks saw the index rally to a fresh all-time intra-day high of 18,704. The Sensex finally ended at a record 18,658 - up 378 points.

The BSE Capital Goods index soared over 4% to 16,631, and the IT index surged over 3% to 5049. The Metal index was up 2.5% at 14,444.

The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,806 stocks traded, 1,417 declined, 1,325 advanced and 64 were unchanged today.

INDEX MOVERS...

Larsen & Toubro zoomed 6.6% to Rs 3,372. BHEL soared over 4% to Rs 2,331.

Infosys and Hindalco surged nearly 4% each to Rs 2,125 and Rs 170, respectively.

ACC and Reliance Energy gained 3.5% each at Rs 1,218 and Rs 1,586, respectively.

Bharti Airtel and Satyam rallied 3% each to Rs 1,072 and Rs 484, respectively.

Wipro and Cipla advanced 2.8% each to Rs 503 and Rs 193, respectively.

Reliance Communications, TCS, ONGC and Mahindra & Mahindra moved up around 2.5% each to Rs 724, Rs 1,125 and Rs 1,009 and Rs 756, respectively.

ICICI Bank and Ambuja Cements were up over 2% each at Rs 1,068 and Rs 151, respectively.

SBI and Tata Motors added 1.8% each to Rs 1,924 and Rs 806, respectively.

...AND THE SHAKERS

Dr.Reddy's slipped 1.5% to Rs 633. Bajaj Auto was the other loser at Rs 2,621.

MOST ACTIVE COUNTERS

Reliance topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 433.50 crore followed by Reliance Petro (Rs 417 crore), Reliance Energy (Rs 387 crore), Reliance Communications (Rs 353 crore) and Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 244 crore).

Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around 2.61 crore shares followed by Reliance Petro (2.44 crore), Ispat Industries (1.57 crore), Tata Teleservices (1.56 crore) and IFCI (1.36 crore).