Sensex up 495pts

The Sensex is now up 495 points at 9791.

Reliance Energy, Grasim, Reliance and Larsen & Toubro continue to hold solid gains.

There are only four losers among the A-group stocks on he BSE.

Out of 2,414 stocks traded so far, 1,466 have advanced, 915 have declined and 33 are unchanged.