ICICI Bank gained 0.5% to 813.25 rupees, DLF increased 0.7% to 621.25 rupees, HDFC increased 0.1% to 2,309.50 rupees, State Bank of India was up 0.1% to 1,674.80 rupees and HDFC Bank increased 0.1% to 1,304.30 rupees.

Reliance Update

Reliance Petroleum declined 1.6% to 168.75 rupees.

Reliance Industries declined 1% to 2,381.25 rupees after it recovered from day’s low of 2,358.60 rupees. A consortium of Reliance Industries is reportedly to have discovered oil in Yemen but its size is still to be determined.