Sensex up 114pts; Wipro surges 4%

The Sensex touched a high of 9368, and is now up 114 points at 9352.

Following its Q3 numbers announced yesterday Wipro continues to scale higher levels. The stock is now up 4% at Rs Rs 479. Infosys at Rs 2,782 and Satyam at Rs 735 are up nearly 2% each.

BHEL has rallied 3.3% to Rs 1,514.

Reliance Energy has gained 2.8% at Rs 617. NTPC has moved up 2.7% to Rs 113.

Hindalco has spurted 2% to Rs 155.

HDFC has advanced 1.8% to Rs 1,171. ICICI is up 1.6% at Rs 568.

Ranbaxy and HDFC Bank are the only notable losers among the index stocks.

Out of 2,356 stocks traded so far, 1,829 have advanced, 477 declined and the rest are unchanged.

Saregama has zoomed over 15% to Rs 320. Rana Sugars has soared over 14% to Rs 42.50. GTC Industries, Upper Ganges, Dwarikesh Sugar, D-Link, RCF, Engineers India and SAIL have posted significant gains.

HCL Infosys has declined over 3% to Rs 234. Nandan Exim, Texmaco, Trent and IPCA Labs are on slippery ground.