Continuing from the last week's upsurge, the Sensex opened with a strong positive gap of 45 points at 6,464.
After crossing the 6,500-mark in mid-morning trades, the index witnessed steep buying in late noon trade, which saw it zoom to an intra-day high of 6,565.
The Sensex finally ended at 6,556 - up 137 points from its last close. The Nifty, too, displayed a firm outing and advanced 50 points to close at 2,058.
Reliance advanced 1.89% (Rs 10) to Rs 533. HLL, after a steady opening, ended 4.41% higher (Rs 7) at Rs 160. ITC, however, came under sustained selling pressure, and dropped 2.77% (Rs 39) to Rs 1,362.
Infosys logged 1.38% gains (Rs 28) to Rs 2,067. While Satyam flared up 4.15% (Rs 16) to Rs 414, Wipro was up a per cent (Rs 5) at Rs 705.
SBI gained considerable ground, and added 3.22% (Rs 20) to Rs 643. While HDFC Bank, on strong buying support, advanced 4.63% (Rs 25) to Rs 564, ICICI Bank also ended at higher levels at Rs 361 - up Rs 13 or 3.64%.
ONGC notched up 2.68% gains (Rs 21) to Rs 819. HPCL moved up 3.79% (Rs 13) to Rs 363. While L&T spurted 4.34% (Rs 42) to Rs 1,005, Tata Power was up 2.18% (Rs 8) at Rs 385.
Bharti attracted considerable buying support, and moved up 4.66% (Rs 10) to Rs 230. BHEL surged nearly 4% (Rs 29) to Rs 751. While HDFC jumped 3.23% (Rs 24) to Rs 778, Reliance Energy soared 6.16% (Rs 32) to Rs 551. Zee gained 4% (Rs 6) to Rs 155.
Cipla rose 4.29% (Rs 12) to Rs 287. While Ranbaxy ended off-highs with a gain of 1.11% (Rs 12) at Rs 1,085, Dr. Reddy's slipped into the red to close at Rs 736 - down Rs 8 or 1.11%.
Auto and cement pared gains on profit-taking and ended with steady gains.
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