The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 149 points at 17,800, but dropped to a low of 17,679 in mid-noon deals.Renewed buying in late noon deals saw the index surge to a high of 17,860 - up 209 points from the previous close. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 156 points at 17,806.The NSE Nifty gained 69 points at 5,270.The BSE market breadth was positive - out of 2,785 stocks traded, 1,650 advanced, 1,076 declined and 59 were unchanged today.
Grasim zoomed 5% to Rs 3,043.
Reliance Energy and BHEL soared over 4.5% each to Rs 1,697 and Rs 2,181, respectively.
Infosys gained 3% to Rs 1,662.
HDFC Bank moved up over 2% to Rs 1,455.
Hindustan Unilever and Maruti advanced nearly 2% each to Rs 219 and Rs 813, respectively.
ACC and ONGC gained around 1.5% each at Rs 831 and Rs 1,028, respectively.
Wipro and Reliance were up around 1% each at Rs 444 and Rs 2,576, respectively.
Bharti Airtel slipped over 1% to Rs 839. Ambuja Cements, HDFC and Tata Motors also declined.
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