Equity benchmark indices continued their winning momentum on Tuesday early trade, climbing for the eighth day running, with the Nifty scaling its fresh all-time high level.
A largely firm trend in global markets and fresh foreign fund inflows also added to the positive trend in equities in initial deals.
The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 412.02 points to 67,539.10 in early trade. The Nifty climbed 114 points to 20,110.35 — its all-time high mark. Among the Sensex firms, Larsen & Toubro, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, JSW Steel, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were the major gainers. NTPC, Maruti, Hindustan Unilever and Tata Motors were among the laggards. In Asian markets, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the green while Seoul quoted lower.
The US markets ended in positive territory on Monday.
“Optimism regarding India’s growth prospects in a low-growth world and a fast decelerating China has triggered this rally enabling the Nifty to cross the psychological 20,000 mark. FIIs, too, have joined the party with a buy figure of Rs 1,473 crore,” V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said.
