Sensex soared to life-time high; Nifty scaled another record high in opening trade

Sensex soared by 123.49 points, or 0.37%, to 33,270.62 points, breaching its previous record high (intra-day) of 33,196.17 hit yesterday.

Stock brokers celebrate as BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty touched fresh record highs of 33,117.33 points and 10,340.55 points points mark respectively outside BSE, in Mumbai on Oct 25, 2017. Photo: IANS

Key highlights:

Sensex on Friday soared to life-time high of 33,270.62

Nifty scaled another record high of 10.366.15 in opening trade

Consumer durables, power and pharma stocks led the gains, rising by up to 0.85%.

The BSE Sensex on Friday soared to life-time high of 33,270.62 and the NSE Nifty scaled another record high of 10.366.15 in opening trade as the November derivatives series took off on a strong footing amid positive Asian cues.

Consumer durables, power and pharma stocks led the gains, rising by up to 0.85%.

The 30-share Sensex soared by 123.49 points, or 0.37%, to 33,270.62 points, breaching its previous record high (intra-day) of 33,196.17 hit yesterday.

Major gainers were Kotak Bank, Cipla, NTPC, Maruti, Tata Motors, Adani Ports, Sun Pharma and L&T.

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The gauge had gained 764.20 points in the previous four straight sessions.

The 50-share Nifty also hit fresh high of 10,366.15 by climbing 22.35 points, or 0.21%. It also battered its previous record (intra-day) of 10,355.65 points reached yesterday.

Firming trend at other Asian bources, tracking overnight gains at the US markets, supported the sentiment.

Japan's Nikkei rose 0.94%, Hong Kong's Hang gained 0.97%, while China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.10 % in their early deals.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.31% in yesterday's trade.

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