The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 327 points at 18,853. In the process, the index reversed its six-day downtrend wherein it had shed 7% (1,403 points). The Nifty gained 89 points at 5,609.

The BSE Metal and Realty indices surged 3.5% each to 16,594 and 9,783, respectively. The Oil & Gas index gained 2.5% at 11,987.

The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,842 stocks traded, 1,760 advanced, 1,034 declined and 48 were unchanged today.

INDEX MOVERS...

Reliance Energy [Get Quote] zoomed 7.5% to Rs 1,725. DFL soared 5.5% to Rs 869.

HDFC [Get Quote], Larsen & Toubro and NTPC surged 4% each to Rs 2,666, Rs 4,100 and Rs 237, respectively.

Tata Motors [Get Quote] rallied 3.3% to Rs 715. Reliance gained 3% at Rs 2,811.

Bajaj Auto [Get Quote] and BHEL advanced 2.5% each to Rs 2,533 and Rs 2,543, respectively.

Hindustan Unilever and Infosys [Get Quote] moved up nearly 2% each to Rs 206 and Rs 1,558, respectively.

Reliance Communications [Get Quote], ICICI Bank [Get Quote] and TCS [Get Quote] were up over 1% each at Rs 682, Rs 1,140 and Rs 960, respectively.
 

Major Gainers			Major Losers
Name	Close	% Chg	Name	Close	% Chg
Jindal Steel	12,096.00	20.7	Banco Prod	35.25	78.2
Revathi Equip	1101.00	20.0	Mukand Crps	4.01	14.0
Welspun India [Get Quote]	102.00	20.0	Hind Hardy	117.45	12.6
EMA India [Get Quote]	126.90	20.0	Kamadgi Synt	37.60	12.6
Kopran	34.80	20.0	Pharmaid Pharm	4.35	10.9
(Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs)

...AND THE SHAKERS

Maruti [Get Quote] and HDFC Bank dropped 2% each to Rs 947 and Rs 1,563, respectively.

Cipla shed 1% at Rs 181.

VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS

Reliance Petroleum [Get Quote] topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 367.30 crore followed by Reliance Energy (Rs 291.30 crore), Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] (Rs 252.75 crore), Reliance (Rs 232.70 crore) and Reliance Capital [Get Quote] (Rs 202.80 crore).

Allied Computers led the volume chart with trades of around 2.74 crore shares followed by Tata Teleservices [Get Quote] (2.52 crore), Reliance Petroleum (1.75 crore), Reliance Natural Resources (1.63 crore) and Ispat Industries [Get Quote] (1.12 crore).