Mirroring the sentiment, the S&P CNX NIFTY opened higherat 1350.70 and rallied further to touch an intra-day high of1400.00, before closing at 1386.45, showing a smart rise of35.85 over yesterday's close of 1350.60. CNX NIFTY juniorrallied by 85.90 to 2681.65 as against the previous close of2595.75. S&P CNX defty rose by 28.30 to end at 1102.80 fromyesterday's close of 1074.50. S&P CNX 500 firmed up to 1001.35from the last close of 974.05, showing a smart rise of 27.30points. CNX Midcap 200 rose by 25.40 to 930.85 from 905.45. In 4,27,488 trades, 1078.25 lakh shares worth Rs 3,594.53crore changed hands. Debentures traded value was Rs 4.31 lakh. Today, a large number of 820 securities rose, 316 felland 49 held steady. 150 securities had hit their price bands. New equity introduced for trading today was jindal steet& power Ltd (Jindalstel-eq), NSEaid. The most actively traded securities were Satyam Compwith a turnover of Rs 313.38 cr, ZEE Tele Rs 311.17 cr,ranbaxy Rs 307.07 cr, pentsfware Rs 301.86 cr and digital EqupRs 257.33 cr.