Reason to cheer if you have RIL shares. Reliance Industries today overtook ITC as the most influential stock on BSE benchmark Sensex, after the oil & gas major's shares soared by 3.4 per cent.

At the end of trade today, RIL commanded 9.33 per cent weight in the 30-share Sensex, while ITC had 9.27 per cent weight, followed by Infosys with 8.05 per cent. Shares of RIL ended the day 3.4 per cent higher at Rs 889.65, while ITC was up 0.53 per cent at Rs 285.15.