Sensex firm; DLF soars 5%

The Sensex is moving firm and the index is now at 14,838, up 73 points.

The BSE Consumer Durables is up 4.28% at 3,005 and the Realty index has advanced 3.7% to 3,491.

DLF has soared 5% to Rs 342.

Sterlite has added 4.35% to Rs 639 and  Tata Steel has advanced 3% to Rs 400.

ONGC and Reliance have gained over 2.5% each at Rs 1,069 and Rs 2,081, respectively.

Reliance Infrastructure, Hindalco and BHEL are up 1.5% each.

Tata Motors has plunged 7% to Rs 316.

Sun Pharma has declined 3.5% to Rs 1,101 and Grasim has dropped 2% to Rs 2,320.

The market breadth is fairly positive - out of 2,564 shares traded, 1,659 have advanced and 824 have declined so far on the BSE.