India's Nifty, Sensex resume rally to record highs


FE Team | Published: March 06, 2024 23:52:58


India's Nifty, Sensex resume rally to record highs


BENGALURU, March 6 (Reuters): India's blue-chip indexes, Nifty 50 and Sensex hit fresh all-time highs on Wednesday, led by financials, while the broader and more domestically focussed small- and mid-caps declined.
The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50, opens new tab rose 0.53 per cent to 22,474.05, while the BSE Sensex, opens new tab added 0.55 per cent to 74,085.99, marking its first ever close above 74,000 mark.
Both benchmarks lost about 0.6 per cent each during the session before recovering in the final two hours of trade.
The Nifty had earlier hit an all-time high on Monday, while the Sensex logged record high in the special trading session on March 2.
In contrast, small, opens new tab and mid-cap, opens new tab stocks fell 2 per cent and 0.5 per cent, extending losses to the third and second session, respectively.

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