Sensex up 240pts; Nifty at 9-month high

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BS Reporter Mumbai
Last Updated : Mar 05 2013 | 8:21 PM IST

The Sensex today opened 120 points higher at 14,746. It surged to a high of 14,907. The index is moving sidewards and is now at 14,864, up 239 points.

Nifty has touched the 9-month high and is now at 4,533, up nearly 2%.

Reliance Communication has surged 6% to Rs 324. DLF has soared 4% to Rs 420.

Sun Pharma , ACC and Tata Steel have advanced 4% each to Rs 1,245, Rs 808 and Rs 417, respectively.

HDFC, Jaiprakash Associates , Reliance Infrastructures, Grasim, NTPC and ICICI Bank are up 2% each.

Tata Motors, Ranbaxy, Sterlite, Maruti, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bhel and Tata Power have gained over 1.7% each.

The market breadth is extremely positive, out of 2,267 shares traded, 1,898 have advanced and only 330 have declined so far on the BSE.

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First Published: Jun 01 2009 | 10:19 AM IST

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