The Sensex surged to touch a high of 14,570, up 224 points. It is now up 206 points at 14,552.
Sterlite has surged 5.5% to Rs 608. ICICI Bank has rallied 4.5% to Rs 729.
Larsen & Toubro has gained 4% at Rs 1,587. BHEL, Reliance, Hindalco and Reliance Communications have added 2.5% each to Rs 2,190, Rs 2,004, Rs 86 and Rs 307, respectively.
DLF, Infosys, Maruti Suzuki, ACC, Tata Power, Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank and Wipro are up around 1% each.
Meanwhile, Sun Pharma has plunged 12% to Rs 1,142. Tata Steel has shed 3% to Rs 387.
Ranbaxy has slipped 2% to Rs 261. Mahindra & Mahindra and ONGC have dropped 1% each.
The market breadth continues to be positive. Out of 2,502 stocks traded 1,467 have advanced while 953 have declined.
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