The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 129 points higher at 15,019. The index moved in a range of 217 points between 15,226 (high) and 15009 (low).
The index finally ended with a gain of 296 points at 15,185.
The market breadth was positive - out of 2,716 stocks traded, 1,830 advanced, 809 declined, and 77 were unchanged.
The NSE Nifty moved up 74 points at 4,524.
BHEL zoomed 8.6% to Rs 1,382. Ambuja Cements surged 7.7% to Rs 82. DLF advanced 7.5% to Rs 480.
HDFC gained 5% at Rs 2,101. Bharti Airtel and HDFC Bank added 4.5% each to Rs 778 and Rs 1131, respectively.
ACC was up 3.8% to Rs 617. Jaiprakash Associates and Cipla advanced 3.4% each to Rs 177 and Rs 211, respectively.
Reliance gained 3% to Rs 2,199. L&T and Tata Steel were up 2.7% each to Rs 2,589 and Rs 820, respectively.
Infosys, SBI , NTPC, Reliance Infrastructure, Mahindra & Mahindra, ICICI Bank and Satyam were the other gainers.
Tata Motors and Reliance Communications declined 1.4% each at Rs 513 and Rs 551, respectively.
Grasim, ITC and Maruti lost 1% each at Rs 2,217, Rs 202 and Rs 742, respectively.
Hindustan Unilever slipped 0.8% to Rs 234. Wipro and ONGC were the other major losers of the day.
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