Sensex, Nifty Open At Record Highs; IndusInd Bank, Bharat Petroleum Top Gainers
NDTV
All the 15 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange were trading higher led by the Nifty Media's index's over 1 per cent gain.
The Indian equity benchmarks extended their record -breaking streak to second straight session on Thursday ahead of weekly index futures and options expiry led by gains in ICICI Bank, Infosys, IndusInd Bank, ITC, State Bank of India and Kotak Mahindra Bank. The Sensex rose as much as 185 points to hit record high of 58,907.78 and Nifty 50 index touched an all-time high of 17,576.90. Meanwhile, Asian shares gave up early gains to fall again on Thursday, weighed by declines in China and Hong Kong, even after a strong lead-in from Wall Street which had also pushed the dollar to the lower end of its recent range.
As of 9:23 am, the Sensex was up 114 points at 58,838 and Nifty advanced 42 points to 17,562.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was last down 0.45 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei, shed 0.47 per cent, after hitting 31-year high it hit on Monday.
