Indian equity frontline indices opened at an all-time high today following a rally in the US market.

At the starting of the session, both Sensex and Nifty made a new all-time high at 82,725 and 25,333 respectively.

At 9.43 am, Sensex was 246 points or 0.30% at 82,612 and Nifty was 77 points or 0.31% at 25,313.

In the early trading session, Midcap and smallcap stocks traded flat compared to largecaps. Nifty midcap 100 index was down 45 points or 0.08% at 59,234 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 19 points or 0.10% at 19,326.

Among the sector indices, IT, fin service, FMCG, energy, pvt bank, consumption and infra were the major gainers. PSU bank, pharma, metal and PSE were the major losers.

In the Sensex pack, ITC, Asian Paints, HCL Tech, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finance, TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, JSW Steel, Sun Pharma and Nestle are the top gainers; whereas Tata Motors, M&M, NTPC, Titan and ICICI Bank are the top losers.

Most of the markets in Asia are trading in the green. There is a rise in Tokyo, Jakarta and Seoul. Hong Kong and Shanghai are in the red. US markets closed with a gain in Aug 30 session.

The foreign institutional investors (FIIs) extended their buying as they bought equities worth ₹5,316 crore on Aug 30, while domestic institutional investors sold equities worth ₹3,198 crore on the same day.

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

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