Sensex pares gains; RIL, Tata Motors in red

The NSE Nifty is up 66 points at 4,082.

Reliance Infrastructure has soared 5.5% to Rs 816. Jaiprakash Associates has zoomed 5% to Rs 161.

SBI has rallied 4.7% to Rs 1,181. Bharti Airtel has surged over 4% to Rs 746.

ACC, Maruti and ITC have gained 3.8% each at Rs 496, Rs 571 and Rs 177, respectively.

ONGC and Hindustan Unilever have moved up 3.5% each to Rs 907 and Rs 209, respectively.

ICICI Bank has advanced nearly 3% to Rs 618. Satyam and Hindalco have added 2.5% each to Rs 474 and Rs 141, respectively.

DLF, Grasim and HDFC Bank are up over 2% each at Rs 424, Rs 1,730 and Rs 1,021, respectively.

 

Reliance (RIL) and Tata Motors are down over 1% each to Rs 2,075 and Rs 397, respectively.

The market breadth is extremely positive - out of 2,409 stocks traded so far, 1,888 have advanced, 464 have declined and 57 are unchanged.