The Sensex on Thursday opened up 24 points at 10,842. Soon the index slipped into the red and touched a low of 10,759.

The index, thereafter, rebounded into the positive zone and gained strength as the day progressed. Agressive buying towards the end saw the index soar to a high of 11,203 - up 444 points from the day's low.

The Sensex finally ended at 11,135, up 317 points from the previous close. The NSE Nifty ended at 3,424, up 93 points.

The market breadth was positive. Out of 2,599 stocks traded, 1,447 advanced and 1,049 declined.

INDEX MOVERS

Wipro [Get Quote] soared 11% to Rs 313. Tata Steel [Get Quote] surged 9% to Rs 263.

Grasim [Get Quote] and Reliance Infrastructure gained 7% each at Rs 1,706 and Rs 713, respectively.

Maruti Suzuki, Sterlite and ICICI Bank [Get Quote] rallied 6% each to Rs 800, Rs 390 and Rs 424, respectively.

Tata Motors [Get Quote] gained over 5.5% at Rs 245. Infosys [Get Quote], DLF, Reliance Communications [Get Quote], Jaiprakash Associates [Get Quote], TCS [Get Quote], Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra and Hindalco [Get Quote] advanced 4-5% each.

OTHER PROMINENT GAINERS...

Ashok Leyland [Get Quote] and HDIL zoomed 12% each to Rs 23 and Rs 145, respectively. Indiabulls [Get Quote] Realestate, Lanco Infrastructure, JSW Steel [Get Quote], Tech Mahindra [Get Quote], Educomp Solutions [Get Quote], SAIL [Get Quote], Adani Enterprises [Get Quote], Axis Bank, Max India [Get Quote], LIC Housing Finance [Get Quote] and Petronet LNG [Get Quote] surged 6-11% each.

...AND THE LOSERS

Bajaj Holdings and Investments crashed 10% to Rs 376. Zee Entertainment plunged 6% to Rs 119.  Rolta India [Get Quote], Jai Corp [Get Quote], Yes Bank [Get Quote], Unitech and RCF fell 3-6% each.

MOST ACTIVE COUNTERS...

Reliance topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 234.72 crore followed by Reliance Capitals (Rs 219.76 crore), HDIL (Rs 212.23 crore), Reliance Infrastructure (Rs 196.81 crore) and Tata Steel (Rs 179.54 crore).

Unitech led the volume charts with trades of over three crore shares followed by HDIL (1.55 crore), Suzlon [Get Quote] (1.54 crore), Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] (1.51 crore) and Ispat Industries [Get Quote] (1.14 crore).