Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) climbed up 3.42% to Rs 1771 on reports that it gained Rs 2900-crore agreement for constructing three 500-megawatt units in northern India.
In the meantime, the BSE Sensex was up 175.78 to 15,483.76 chasing firm international markets. Asian stocks also jumped accompanying a third session of gains on Wall Street, as troubles about worldwide credit problems continued to relieve.
Today, the stock market opened on a cheerful note this morning as the bulls, captivating worldwide cues, continued a buying spree in early trade. Reflecting the optimistic beginning, the Sensex that opened its eyes with a positive gap of about 145 points, soared up past the 15,500 mark to 15,535.85 in early trades.
Presently, the Sensex is up with an hefty gains of 208.03 points or 1.36 per cent at 15,516.01. The Nifty that erupted to 4526.10, has recorded a gain of 1.35 per cent or 60.35 points at 4522.45.
Tyre manufacturer CEAT ascended 2.23% to Rs 169.75 on reports that it is ready to transfer its Mumbai plant to Patalganga near Thane to save on duty and costs.
The small-cap security touched an intraday high of Rs 178 and an intraday low of Rs 169.15 during the day. On BSE, there were 74,393 shares for trading on the counter.