Mumbai: The markets are trading firm at the higher levels on heavy buying seen in power, metal and oil & gas stocks. Cues from Asia is mixed Jakarta and Shanghai are in green but trading lower are markets like Taiwan. Broader markets are doing exceptionally well outperforming the benchmark indices giving markets an excellent breadth.
At 12.15 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 203.74 points or 1.05% at 19566.93, and the Nifty up 83.00 points or 1.44% at 5845.75.
About 2276 shares have advanced, 734 shares declined, and 70 shares are unchanged.
BSE Midcap index is up 2.3% and smallcap index up 2.4%. In the midcap space Essar Oil is up over 17%, followed by Videocon Ind and Dish TV up 10%.
All the key BSE indices are trading in green. The beaten down sectors like auto and IT are also attracting decent attention today.
Top gainers on the indices, are Reliance Energy up 8%, Tata Power and Wipro up 7%, Hindalco up nearly 4% and Maruti Suzuki.
Top losers on the Sensex are HDFC, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, HCL Tech, Heo Honda and HUL.
Some of the most active counter on the bourses today have been Essar Oil, Reliance Petroleum, IDFC and Reliance Energy.
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