Sensex ends up 254pts; ITC, Wipro surge 6%

Cipla and Reliance Communications surged 5% each to Rs 238 and Rs 468, respectively.

Tata Steel gained 4.3% at Rs 624. ACC rallied 4% to Rs 565.

SBI moved up 3.7% to Rs 1,398. Mahindra & Mahindra and Hindalco added 3.3% each to Rs 546 and Rs 147, respectively.

HDFC advanced nearly 3% to Rs 2,146. ICICI Bank, TCS and Larsen & Toubro gained around 2.5% each at Rs 661, Rs 834 and Rs 2,572, respectively.

Grasim, Hindustan Unilever and NTPC were up around 2% each to Rs 1,765, Rs 233 and Rs 185, respectively.

...AND THE SHAKERS

Maruti plunged over 9% to Rs 588.

Jaiprakash Associates tumbled over 4% to Rs 159. Bharti Airtel dropped 2.5% to Rs 779.

DLF and Tata Motors shed 2% each at Rs 454 and Rs 412, respectively.

VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS

Reliance Capital topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 424.30 crore followed by Reliance Infrastructure (Rs 254.35 crore), Reliance (Rs 218 crore), Larsen & Toubro (Rs 160.85 crore) and Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 160 crore).

Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around 2.21 crore shares followed by IDFC (1.23 crore), IFCI (1.20 crore), Reliance Petroleum (95.30 lakh) and Ispat Industries (72.25 lakh).