Markets firm; RCom, Rel Infra, ICICI soar 10%

The NSE Nifty is up 180 points at 4,420.

Reliance Communications, Reliance Infrastructure and ICICI Bank have zoomed 10% each to Rs 515, Rs 1,012 and Rs 728, respectively.

BHEL has soared 9% to Rs 1,742. HDFC and DLF have surged 8.7% each to Rs 2,334 and Rs 494, respectively.

HDFC Bank has rallied over 7% to Rs 1,179, and SBI has gained 6.7% at Rs 1,491.

Tata Steel has moved up over 6% to Rs 663. Tata Motors has advanced 5% to Rs 432, and Larsen & Toubro has added 4.5% to Rs 2,687.

Bharti Airtel, Jaiprakash Associates and Satyam are up around 4% each at Rs 811, Rs 166 and Rs 383, respectively.

 

Cipla is down 1.5% at Rs 234.

Out of 2,469 stocks traded so far, 2,044 have advanced, 370 have declined and 55 are unchanged.