RIL slips in the BT 500 ranking on lower gas output and falling oil prices but it could benefit from a likely gas price hike and earnings from new ventures such as retail.

During the day, DLF's scrip touched a high of Rs 115.85, reflecting a gain of over 10 per cent from its previous close.

An analysis of the three indices shows that while the small-cap index of the BSE has given a return of 62.44 per cent, the mid-cap index followed with 41.84 per cent.

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The euphoria in trading rooms of financial capital Mumbai needs to be tempered with how global liquidity and Indian economic fundamentals change in the coming quarters.

On the volume front, 10.92 lakh shares of the company changed hands at the BSE, while over 51 lakh shares were traded at the NSE during the day.

The stock levels are at the lowest since mid-2012, when large swathes of the country had to go without power plunging millions of homes in darkness.

Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, BPCL, HCL Tech, HDFC Bank, IOC, Lupin, Mahindra & Mahindra and Tech Mahindra stocks reached 52 week high among others.

Blue-chips such as ACC, Bharti Airtel, Cipla, Dr Reddys Laboratories, ICICI Bank, Hero MotoCorp, IOC, Lupin, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki India and Tech Mahindra hit their one year high levels.

Stock of the country's largest car-maker climbed 4.71 per cent to settle at Rs 2,915.50 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The company stock surged 12.18 per cent to Rs 279.70 - 52-week high - on the BSE as against 249.31 (adjusted basis).

Stock of Eros International surged 8.74 per cent to close at Rs 247.05 on the BSE. During the day, it climbed 9.94 per cent to Rs 249.80- its 52-week high.

At 2:32 pm, the stock was trading at 501.95 levels. Earlier, the stock hit 52-week high of 502.15 on the BSE.

Boosted by smart earnings, shares of the company jumped 5.69 per cent to Rs 9,087.80 - its 52-week high level on the BSE.

Boosted by the rise in the stock, the company's market valuation moved up by Rs 4,884.36 crore to Rs 80,583.36 crore.

TCS' current market capitalisation is higher than the combined valuation of other big IT players such as Infosys (Rs 1,92,196.84 crore), HCL Technologies (Rs 1,07,880.18 crore), Wipro (Rs 1,40,474.31 crore) and Tech Mahindra (Rs 50,374.76 crore).

A firm dollar overseas and demand for the US currency from importers weighed on the rupee, dealers said.

A total of 447 stocks touched their 52-week highs on the BSE, including Lupin, Ranbaxy Lab, Strides Arcolab, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra and TVS Motor.

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Historically, there has not been a strong correlation between rising oil prices and Indian equity performance. In fact, out of all oil shocks of the past 25 years, it was only the 1990 oil shock (Iraq war) that left Indian equities in the red for the next 6 months.