Sensex scales 107pts; Wipro gains 3.3%

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 34 points at 9272, and then did not bother to look back. The index scaled to a high of 9368, and is now up 107 points at 9345.

Wipro has surged 3.3% to Rs 477.

BHEL and Reliance Energy are up nearly 3% each at Rs 1,508 and Rs 616, respectively.

Hero Honda and Hindalco have spurted over 2% each to Rs 850 and Rs 155, respectively.

Infosys, NTPC, Tata Steel, HDFC, Satyam, ITC, Gujarat Ambuja, SBI, Maruti, ICICI Bank, Bharti Tele, TCS, ACC, Tata Motors and Grasim are also trading with smart gains in the range of 1-2% each.

Out of 2,178 stocks traded so far, 1,704 have moved up, 436 have slipped and the rest are unchanged.