Bharti Airtel was broadly firm in the morning session on Thursday. At 10.35 am it was the top gainer on the NSE, trading at Rs 441.80. This represented a gain of 2.67 per cent on its overnight close at Rs 430.30.

BHEL steamed up 2.54 per cent to trade at Rs 262.20. The share had closed the previous session at Rs 255.70.

Larsen & Toubro climbed up 1.83 per cent to trade at Rs 1,839.55. The share had ended last evening’s session at Rs 1,806.45.

YES Bank advanced 1.32 per cent at Rs 808 as against the previous close at Rs 797.50.

Hero MotoCorp rode up 1.23 per cent at Rs 2,581.15. The share had closed the previous session at Rs 2,549.90.