Following yesterday's late pull-back, the Sensex opened with a positive gap of 110 points at 14,609. Agressive buying in the second half of the trading backed by a sharp fall in US crude oil prices saw the index rally past the 15,000-mark. Banking, realty, energy and capital goods stocks were the major gainers today. The Sensex touched a high of 15,106, and finally ended with a gain of 551 points at 15,050.
The BSE Realty index soared 7.3% (367 points) to 5,367, and the Bankex zoomed 6% (425 points) to 7,447.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,733 stocks traded, 1,675 advanced, 986 declined and the rest were unchanged today.
SBI and ICICI Bank zoomed over 7% each to Rs 1,521 and Rs 713, respectively. HDFC soared 4.7% to Rs 2,445, and HDFC Bank rallied 3.5% to Rs 1,341.
DLF and Jaiprakash Associates surged around 7% each to Rs 530 and Rs 174, respectively. Reliance Infrastructure gained 6% at Rs 1,042.
ONGC soared 7% to Rs 1,102. Maruti and Larsen & Toubro rallied over 4.5% each to Rs 664 and Rs 2,681, respectively.
TCS, ACC, Reliance Communications and Wipro surged 4% each to Rs 849, Rs 588, Rs 405 and Rs 451, respectively.
BHEL and Reliance moved up 3.5% each to Rs 1,785 and Rs 2,214, respectively.
Grasim, Infosys and Tata Power were up 3% each at Rs 2,002, Rs 1,775 and Rs 1,070, respectively.
Ranbaxy and Tata Motors slipped nearly 2% each to Rs 490 and Rs 430, respectively.
The BSE Realty index soared 7.3% (367 points) to 5,367, and the Bankex zoomed 6% (425 points) to 7,447.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,733 stocks traded, 1,675 advanced, 986 declined and the rest were unchanged today.
SBI and ICICI Bank zoomed over 7% each to Rs 1,521 and Rs 713, respectively. HDFC soared 4.7% to Rs 2,445, and HDFC Bank rallied 3.5% to Rs 1,341.
DLF and Jaiprakash Associates surged around 7% each to Rs 530 and Rs 174, respectively. Reliance Infrastructure gained 6% at Rs 1,042.
ONGC soared 7% to Rs 1,102. Maruti and Larsen & Toubro rallied over 4.5% each to Rs 664 and Rs 2,681, respectively.
TCS, ACC, Reliance Communications and Wipro surged 4% each to Rs 849, Rs 588, Rs 405 and Rs 451, respectively.
BHEL and Reliance moved up 3.5% each to Rs 1,785 and Rs 2,214, respectively.
Grasim, Infosys and Tata Power were up 3% each at Rs 2,002, Rs 1,775 and Rs 1,070, respectively.
Ranbaxy and Tata Motors slipped nearly 2% each to Rs 490 and Rs 430, respectively.
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