Sensex steady; financial, realty stocks firm

The Sensex is steady around current levels and is now up 227 points at 14,629.

ICICI Bank has soared nearly 4% to Rs 670. HDFC Bank has rallied nearly 3% to Rs 1,228. HDFC and SBI have moved up over 2% each to Rs 2,330 and Rs 1,377, respectively.

DLF have surged nearly 4% to Rs 503. While Reliance Infrastructure has gained almost 3% at Rs 1,007, and Jaiprakash Associates has added 2% to Rs 168.

Grasim has moved up 2.4% to Rs 1,975. Larsen & Toubro and Satyam have added 1.8% each to Rs 2,654 and Rs 393, respectively.

 

Tata Motors has gained 1.7% at Rs 433. Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance Communications and Wipro are up around 1.5% each at Rs 557, Rs 412 and Rs 424, respectively.