Sensex zooms 130pts, ends above 9,250

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 27 points at 9,161, but dropped to a low of 9,111 in early deals. After moving in and out of positive zones in morning deals, the index took off by early noon, and then there was no looking back...

The index zoomed to an intra-day high of 9,274 - an intra-day swing of 163 points. The Sensex finally closed with a gain of 130 points (1.4%) at 9,264.

Tata Motors zoomed 6% (Rs 35) to Rs 626. Maruti gained over 2% (Rs 13) to Rs 662.

ACC advanced 5.6% (Rs 29) to Rs 558. Grasim added over 2% (Rs 30) to Rs 1,410. Gujarat Ambuja was also up over 2% (Rs 2) at Rs 84.

SBI moved up 2% (Rs 18) to Rs 927. While ONGC was up Rs 17 at Rs 1,182, Reliance gained Rs 9 to Rs 872.

While ITC was up 2.6% (Rs 4) at Rs 142, HLL was up Rs 2 at Rs 188.

Wipro aded 2.8% (Rs 12) to Rs 449. Satyam was up 2% (Rs 16) to Rs 687. TCS was up Rs 18 at Rs 1,668

HDFC moved up 3.7% (Rs 42) to Rs 1,171. L&T added Rs 24 to Rs 1,770. Tata Steel was up Rs 7 at Rs 370. Ranbaxy was up Rs 6 at Rs 390. HDFC Bank, Hindalco and Bharti also finished with gains.

Reliance Energy dropped Rs 5 to Rs 640. Tata Power, Cipla and Bajaj also declined.