The Sensex is now up 66 points at 13,046. ITC has surged 3.5% to Rs 152. NTPC has soared 3% to Rs 150. Dr.Reddy's, Gujarat Ambuja and HDFC Bank have advanced around 2% each to Rs 721, Rs 107 and Rs 950, respectively. Tata Motors and Ranbaxy moved up 1.7% each to Rs 728 and Rs 351, respectively. Hero Honda has added 1.5% to Rs 690. Hindalco and SBI are up over 1% each at Rs 130 and Rs 998, respectively. HLL, TCS and HDFC have slipped around 1% each to Rs 202, Rs 1,234 and Rs 1,520, respectively. Out of 2,372 stocks traded so far, 1,575 have advanced, 735 have declined and 62 are unchanged. |