

Telecom majors Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications climbed 5.14 percent and 2.33 percent to Rs.785.05 and Rs.333.90 respectively.
Auto majors Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra & Mahindra advanced 3.73 percent and 1.43 percent to Rs.687.15 and Rs.509.25 respectively.
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) moved up 4.16 percent to Rs.2442.85 while top listed Reliance Industries ended up 0.80 percent at Rs.1946.35.
Other gainers were BHEL (up 5.07 percent at Rs.1586), Jaiprakash Associates (up 4.12 percent at Rs.111.10), NTPC (up 3.31 percent at Rs.171.75), ONGC (up 1.20 percent at Rs.1035.55), Hindalco Industries (up 1.09 percent at Rs.97.70), DLF (up 0.51 percent at Rs.352.40) and ACC (up 0.18 percent at Rs.611.65).
The top loser of the day was Tata Steel, which plunged 4.43 percent to Rs.425.60.
Tata Motors sank 3.27 percent to Rs.344.20.

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