Sensex Ends Above 60,000, Markets Scale Record Highs For Second Straight Session | Read

The Indian equity benchmarks scaled record highs for second straight session with the BSE benchmark - S&P BSE Sensex - closing above the 60,000 mark for the first time and Nifty ending above important level of 17,850. The markets staged a gap up opening led by gains in Infosys, HDFC Bank, Asian Paints, HDFC and ICICI Bank. The Sensex climbed as much as 448 points to hit record high of 60,333 and Nifty 50 touched an all-time high 17,947.65. Decline in covid cases, rising vaccination and improvement in the economic environment of the country is fuelling the current bull run in the equity markets, analysts said.