The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 118 points at 20,049. After slipping to a low of 20,019 in early trades, the index rallied to new highs as the day progressed.
The index zoomed to a new all-time high of 20,333, and finally settled with a smart gain of 360 points (1.8%) at a record close of 20,291.
The NSE Nifty zoomed to a record high of 6111 and ended with a gain of 136 points (2.2%) at 6097 - a new closing high.
The market breadth was positive - out of 2,914 stocks traded, 1,980 advanced, 896 declined and 38 were unchanged today.
INDEX MOVERS...
Bharti Airtel zoomed over 6% to Rs 1,031. HDFC Bank soared nearly 5% to Rs 1,775.
ONGC surged 3.7% to Rs 1,238. Hindalco and ICICI Bank rallied 3.3% each to Rs 200 and Rs 1,316, respectively.
Maruti and Bajaj Auto advanced over 3% each to Rs 1,079 and Rs 2,794, respectively. Grasim added 2.8% to Rs 3,715.
HDFC moved up 2.6% to Rs 2,947. Hindustan Unilever and Reliance gained 2% each at Rs 210 and Rs 2,879, respectively.
MOST ACTIVE COUNTERS
Lanco Infrastructure topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 210.80 crore followed by Reliance Petroleum (Rs 209.25 crore), Tata Teleservices (Rs 192.70 crore), IFCI (Rs 186.80 crore) and Reliance Energy (Rs 128.20 crore).
Tata Teleservices led the volume chart with trades of around 3.24 crore shares followed by IKF Technologies (2.73 crore), Himachal Futuristic (2.43 crore), G V Films (1.77 crore) and IFCI (1.72 crore).
