Sensex zooms over 350 pts to hit 60K for first time; Nifty crosses 17,900
The Hindu
The Sensex has climbed from the 30,000 level to 60,000 in little over six years, reflecting the overall bullishness in the market
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 350 points to hit the 60,000-mark for the first time in opening trade on Friday, led by strong gains in index majors Infosys, HDFC Bank and TCS.
The 30-share Sensex was trading 359.29 points or 0.60% higher at its lifetime high of 60,244.65. Similarly, Nifty soared 100.40 points or 0.56% to its intra-day record of 17,923.35 in initial deals.
It took little over 31 years for the Sensex to traverse from 1,000 points to the historic 60,000 level.
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