Sensex soars 204pts; ICICI Bank surges 3%

The Sensex is now up 204 points at 14,331.

There are no losers among the index stocks.

ICICI Bank has soared over 3% to Rs 949. Tata Steel and HDFC have surged around 2% each to Rs 601 and Rs 1,730, respectively.

HDFC Bank has advanced 1.6% to Rs 1,051. HLL and SBI have gained around 1.4% each to Rs 200 and Rs 1,302, respectively.

Maruti, BHEL, Tata Motors and Bharti Airtel are up over 1% each at Rs 813, Rs 2,628, Rs 744 and Rs 857, respectively.