Sensex up 150pts; Rel Comm, Bharti soar

The Sensex is now up 150 points at 13,145.

Reliance Communications has soared 5.5% to Rs 426. Bharti Airtel has surged 3.5% to Rs 597.

Dr.Reddy's, ICICI Bank and SBI have rallied over 3% each to Rs 779, Rs 832 and Rs 1,217, respectively.

Reliance, Gujarat Ambuja, ACC, NTPC and Grasim have gained around 2% each to Rs 1,235, Rs 133, Rs 992, Rs 140 and Rs 2,551, respectively.

Cipla, Tata Steel, ONGC and Infosys have slipped over 1% each to Rs 237, Rs 436, Rs 797 and Rs 2,143, respectively.

Out of 2,510 stocks traded so far, 1,383 have advanced, 1,066 have declined and the rest are unchanged.