The Sensex hit a new peak of 79,396.03 and closed 568 points up at 79,278.
The broader Nifty crossed the 24,000 mark for the first time. It also hit a lifetime high of 24,087.45. Nifty 50 closed 175 pts higher at 24,044.50.
Top Gainers and Losers:
Top Gainers: UltraTech Cement, LTIMindtree, Grasim Industries, NTPC, Wipro
Top Losers: Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Shriram Finance, Eicher Motors, Divi’s Laboratories, HDFC Bank
Top Performing Sectors:
Nifty IT: +2%
Nifty Auto: +0.7%
Nifty Metal: +0.6%
Lagging Sectors:
Nifty Media: -1.4%
Nifty PSU Bank: -1%
Nifty Pharma: -0.16%
Global Markets:
Japan’s Nikkei 225: Fell 0.82%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index: Closed with over 2% declines
China’s Shanghai Composite: Down nearly 1%
Singapore’s FTSE Straits Times Index: Up 0.35%
Currency Watch:
Indian Rupee ended stronger at 83.46 against the US dollar after a boost in inflows into domestic sovereign bonds. This comes after India recently entered into JPMorgan’s emerging market debt index.