Sensex off day's high
The Sensex has come off from the day's high and is now at 17,203, up 71 points. The NSE Nifty is at 5,106, up 15 points.
Among the BSE-30 stocks, ACC, Maruti and Hero Honda have soared around 2% each to Rs 798, Rs 1,599 and Rs 1,688, respectively.
ITC, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank and Mhaindra & Mahindra have added over 1.5% each at Rs 268, Rs 558, Rs 1,776 and Rs 1,067, respectively.
DLF is the major loser. down 2% at Rs 365.
The market breadth is fairly positve, out of 2,748 shares traded, 1,446 have advanced and 1,215 have declined so far on the BSE.
The BSE oil & gas and FMCG indices are up 1% each.