Sensex, Nifty settle at new closing high levels in first part of special live trading session

Mumbai Sensex and Nifty hit new highs in special trading session amid impressive GDP data and foreign fund inflows.

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended at new closing high levels in the first part of a special trading session on Saturday, extending their previous day's sharp rally, amid impressive GDP data and foreign fund inflows.

Leading stock exchanges BSE and NSE are conducting a special trading session in the equity and equity derivative segments on Saturday to check their preparedness to handle major disruption or failure at the primary site.

The special live trading session will have intra-day switch over from Primary Site (PR) to Disaster Recovery (DR) site.

The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 114.91 points or 0.16% to reach its all-time closing high of 73,860.26. During the 45-minute trade, the benchmark reached its fresh record peak of 73,982.12.

The Nifty went up by 56.25 points or 0.25% to settle at a new closing high of 22,395. Earlier in the trade, it hit its lifetime peak of 22,420.25.

There will be two trading sessions — the first from 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m. on the PR, and the second from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the DR site, according to the exchanges.

"Trading members are requested to note that the exchange will conduct a special live trading session with intraday switch over from Primary Site (PR) to Disaster Recovery Site (DR) on Saturday, March 2, in equity and equity derivatives segments," BSE and NSE said in separate circulars.