The Sensex opened seven points lower at 15,388 and soon touched a day's low of 15,358.
Fresh buying in banking and realty stocks helped the index to touch a day's high of 15,733 - up 375 from day's low.
The index finally ended with a gain of 301 points at 15,697.
The market breadth was positive - out of 2,764 stocks traded, 1,802 advanced, 882 declined and 80 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 80 points at 4,653.
HDFC surged 6% at Rs 2,298. Maruti soared 5.2% to Rs 756. HDFC Bank gained 4.9% to Rs 1,207.
ONGC moved up 4.8% to Rs 884. SBI gained 4.6% to Rs 1,387, while Jaiprakash Associates advanced 4.5% to Rs 188.
Reliance Infrastructure was trading at Rs 1,105 - up 4.1%. Larsen & Toubro inched 3.7% to Rs 2,839.
DLF was up 3% at Rs 506. ICICI Bank gained 2.7% to Rs 820. Ranbaxy advanced 2.4% to Rs 581.
Hindustan Unilever and Reliance were up around 2% each at Rs 236 and Rs 2,329, respectively.
Ambuja Cements, Wipro and NTPC were the other major gainers.
Reliance Communications slipped 1% at Rs 530. Satyam declined 0.8% to Rs 484.
Bharti Airtel was down 0.7% at Rs 834.
Fresh buying in banking and realty stocks helped the index to touch a day's high of 15,733 - up 375 from day's low.
The index finally ended with a gain of 301 points at 15,697.
The market breadth was positive - out of 2,764 stocks traded, 1,802 advanced, 882 declined and 80 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 80 points at 4,653.
HDFC surged 6% at Rs 2,298. Maruti soared 5.2% to Rs 756. HDFC Bank gained 4.9% to Rs 1,207.
ONGC moved up 4.8% to Rs 884. SBI gained 4.6% to Rs 1,387, while Jaiprakash Associates advanced 4.5% to Rs 188.
Reliance Infrastructure was trading at Rs 1,105 - up 4.1%. Larsen & Toubro inched 3.7% to Rs 2,839.
DLF was up 3% at Rs 506. ICICI Bank gained 2.7% to Rs 820. Ranbaxy advanced 2.4% to Rs 581.
Hindustan Unilever and Reliance were up around 2% each at Rs 236 and Rs 2,329, respectively.
Ambuja Cements, Wipro and NTPC were the other major gainers.
Reliance Communications slipped 1% at Rs 530. Satyam declined 0.8% to Rs 484.
Bharti Airtel was down 0.7% at Rs 834.
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