The benchmark BSE Sensex hit a fresh all-time high of 36,749.69 points towards the fag end of trade on Monday led by healthy buying in banking, FMCG and consumer durable stocks.<\/p>\n
Investor sentiments were boosted after Goods and Services Tax on many items including electronic appliances were slashed on Saturday, analysts said.<\/p>\n
At 3.30 p.m., the BSE Sensex provisionally closed at 36,718.60 points — higher by 222.23 points and 0.61 per cent — from the previous close of 36,496.37 points.<\/p>\n
The wider Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange closed the day’s trade at 11,084.75 points, up 74.55 points or 0.68 per cent from the previous close of 11,010.20 points.<\/p>\n
As mentioned the Sensex touched an all-time high of 36,749.69 points, and an intra-day low of 36491.83 points. The previous record high on Sensex was 36,747.87 hit on July 18.<\/p>\n
The BSE market breadth was bullish with 1,529 advances and 1,061 declines.<\/p>\n
On Sensex, the top gainers were Vedanta, Adani Ports, ITC, Bharti Airtel and ICICI Bank, while Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Wipro, HDFC Bank and ONGC were among the major losers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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