Markets have surged in morning trades on buying in specific sectors and a positive Asian market.
The Sensex is up 178 points at 19,596. Nifty is up 53 points at 5,881.
CNX IT index has gained 1.3% at 6,535. The Nifty Junior is up 1% at 12,514.
Asian markets have gained. The Hang Seng has added 1% to 21,906. Nikkei is up 1% at 9,619 on a weakening Yen. Taiwan Weighted has also jumped 1% in morning trades.
Hindalco is the big gainer among Nifty stocks, jumping over 2.3% to Rs 186. Communication stocks have gained. Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel are up 2.2% each at Rs 162 and Rs 355, respectively.
Cements stock- Ambuja Cements and steel stocks - Jindal Steel, Tata Steel have jumped around 2% each.
ABB, TCS, Gail and Unitech are some of the other big gainers.
However, HDFC has bucked the trend and is down nearly 1% at Rs 686.
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