Sensex up nearly 250pts, Reliance gains 3%

The Sensex has moved up nearly 250 points to 16,371.

HDFC Bank is holding over 5% gain at Rs 1,402. ICICI Bank has moved up over 4% to Rs 890.

REL is still up over 5% at Rs 1,354.

Reliance is up nearly 3% at Rs 2,410. L&T is still up nearly 3% at Rs 2,999.

BHEL has added over 2% at Rs 2,046.

Infosys is still down over 1.5% at Rs 1,408. Tata Steel is still down 3% at Rs 795.

Advances are ahead of declines nearly 2:1 - out of over 2,600 scrips traded till now, over 1,700 have logged gains.