All the key BSE indices are ended in green with significant gains. Capital goods, realty, oil & gas and metal stocks are leading from the front.
Top gainers on the Sensex are L&T, VSNL, Suzlon Energy & Reliance Petro are up over 6%, BHEL up 4%, Bharti Airtel up 3.81% followed by ACC, Reliance Energy and ONGC.
Top losers on the Sensex are Bajaj Auto, Ranbaxy, Nalco, HPCL, BPCL, Maruti Suzuki and HUL.
Capital goods stocks are leading the uptrend with index pivotal like L&T and BHEL up over 6% and 4% each respectively. The capital goods index is up 4%.
Sensex was up 378.01 points or 2.07% at 18658.25, and the Nifty up 114.20 points or 2.14% at 5441.45.
About 1456 shares have advanced, 1511 shares declined, and 75 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 9,022.75 up 0.5%.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 7,484.36 up 1.2%.
The BSE FMCG Index closed at 2,148.05 up 2.8%. Tata Tea, Nestle, P and G, United Spirits were among the gainers.
The BSE Metal Index closed at 14,443.52 up 3%. Jindal Steel, Shree Precoated, Hindalco, SAIL, JSW Steel were among the gainers.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 4% at 16,631.35. Suzlon Energy, Punj Lloyd, Larsen, Triveni Engg, Praj Industries, Reliance Infra up over 5% each.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,456.93 up 0.5%. Apollo Tyres, Mah and Mah, Amtek Auto, Tata Motors, Escorts, Hero Honda were among the gainers.
The BSE IT Index closed at 5,049.00 up 3%. Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Mphasis, HCL Tech, Satyam ended higher.
The BSE Bankex was up 2% at 9,423.19. Bank of India, Axis Bank, Union Bank, Oriental Bank, ICICI Bank closed higher.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 10,550.55 up 1%. Reliance Petro, Reliance Natura, ONGC, Essar Oil, Petronet LNG closed in green.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 21218.50 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 79786.18 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 8510.97 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 109515.65 crore.