Sensex skyrockets 765 points to end at new peak; Nifty tops 16,900
The Hindu
Bharti Airtel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, followed by Axis Bank, Tata Steel, Titan, Maruti and Bajaj Finance.
Equity benchmark Sensex zoomed 765 points to scale a fresh lifetime high on August 30, driven by gains in index heavyweights Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank amid a positive trend in global markets. After touching a lifetime high of 56,958.27 during the day, the 30-share index ended 765.04 points or 1.36% higher at 56,889.76. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty surged 225.85 points or 1.35% to its record closing of 16,931.05. It touched an all-time intra-day high of 16,951.50.
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