Sensex zooms 236pts; BSE Bankex up 2.6%

A fresh round of buying following status quo by the Reserve Bank of India on the interest rate front led the Sensex rally to a high of 11,776. The index is now up 236 points at the same levels.

The BSE Bankex has rallied 2.6% to 5342.

The Teck, FMCG and Healthcare indices are up over 2% each at 2825, 2244 and 3951, respectively.