Source: IANS

India equity benchmarks were trading at an all-time high today following positive cues from the Asian and US markets. 

At 9:48 am, Sensex was up 75 points or 0.09% at 85,004 and Nifty was up 25 points or 0.09% at 25,964. It was the first time the BSE’s benchmark traded above 85,000.

Sensex and Nifty both made a new all-time high of 85,008 and 25,967.

The broader market trend remained positive. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 147 points or 0.24% at 60,860 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 37 points or 0.19% at 19,586.

In the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Nestle, Tata Motors, Power Grid, HDFC Bank, Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints and NTPC were the top gainers. Bajaj Finance, Infosys, HUL, UltraTech Cement, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Wipro and Bajaj Finserv were the top losers.

Among the sectoral indices, auto, pharma, metal, media, energy, infra, PSE, healthcare and oil and gas were the major gainers. IT, PSU Bank, fin service, FMCG and realty were major laggards.

Most of the markets in Asia are trading at a brisk pace. Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Seoul and Jakarta are trading in green. The US markets closed in the green on September 23.

(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)

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