up 141.14 pts
Market gallops to day`s highs: up 141.14 pts The 30-share BSE Sensex is trading higher as sustained buying activity is being witnessed in index heavyweights. It touched a high of 15,660.16 in the intraday trades. Select stocks from banking, realty, auto traded in positive, while pharma and IT stocks declined. The BSE Sensex is ruling at 15,645.57, up 141.14 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 4,540.80, up 46.15 points (2.48 p.m).
The BSE Midcap rose 1.09%, while BSE Smallcap rose 1.62%.
>Out of the total 2,794shares traded at the BSE, 1,809 advanced, 919 declined while 66 remained unchanged.
Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Auto rose 0.58%, BSE Bankex rose 2.33%, BSE Realty gained 0.60%, while BSE IT declined 0.01%.
Gainers amongst the Sensex include SBI which gained 2.85% to touch Rs 1,693.40, followed by ICICI Bank which rose 2.60% to Rs 918.05, and Reliance Energy rose 2.58% to Rs 931.20.
Bharti Airtel, ONGC, Grasim, M&M, Reliance Comm, L&T also moved up.
Losers at the BSE Sensex were Cipla which declined 1.72% to Rs 169.00, Wipro dipped 0.77% to Rs 446.00 and Infosys declined 0.61% to Rs 1,794.50
Dr Reddy`s, HDFC Bank and ITC also slipped.
