Dow's first close above 9,000 since January
Nikkei rises 1.5 pct on U.S. economic hopes.
BSE Sensex provisionally rises 2.7 pct .
Wall St rally takes oil above $66.
The BSE Sensex provisionally rose 2.7 percent on Thursday, as a series of strong corporate results and positive economic data boosted investor confidence.
Apollo Tyres sees FY10 sales up 11 pct.
Century Enka Q1 net profit up at Rs 28.8 cr.
Uttam Galva Q1 net profit at Rs 34.6 cr.
Nagarjuna Fertilisers Q1 net up 228.15% at Rs 23.1 cr.
HOEC Q1 standalone net profit at Rs 12.5 cr.
ITC June qtr net up 17.4 pct.
ACC June qtr net jumps 85 pct, beats f'cast.
RBI to leave interest rates unchanged: Moody's.
WPI down 1.17 per cent yr/yr on July 11: Government.
ITC's first quarter net profit crosses Rs 878 cr.
Indian IT cos bid against MNC rivals for $1-bn BP deals.
HCC Q1 PAT seen up 9.3% at Rs 21.32 cr.
Bharti Q1 net sales up 1.7% to Rs 10,429.9 cr.
Madras Cements net up 21% in Q1.
Marico net rises 21% to Rs 56 cr.
New models power Maruti to 25% growth in profit.
SIngapore Nifty is trading at 4,566.5 up by 26.5 points at 9 AM IST.