Sensex steady; Maruti rallies 3%

The Sensex is now up 38 points at 9,073. Earlier in the day, the index opened 96 points lower at 8,939, touched a low of 8,922 in opening trades. The index, thereafter, rebounded into the positive zone and touched a high of 9,100.

DLF has soared 5.7% to Rs 156. Maruti has rallied 3.4% to Rs 619.

Reliance has surged over 3% to Rs 1,307. ACC and Grasim have gained 2.3% each at Rs 559 and Rs 1,358, respectively.

Bharti Airtel and Jaiprakash Associates have advanced over 2% each to t Rs 647 and Rs 69, respectively.

BHEL has moved up nearly 2% to Rs 1,406. Sterlite has added 1.5% to Rs 258.

HDFC has plunged 4% to Rs 1,375. Mahindra & Mahindra has shed 3.5% at Rs 289.

ICICI Bank has dropped 2.5% to Rs 376. Reliance Infrastructure is down 1.3% at Rs 512.

The market breadth is negative - out of 2,386 stocks traded so far, 1,250 have declined, 1,032 have advanced and the rest are unchanged.