Indian markets create yet another history; Nifty, Sensex touch fresh highs

It was party time on D-Street as markets rocked on a memorable day. Indian equity markets on Friday achieved their lifetime highs, with NSE Nifty touching its life-time intra-day high of 9605 and BSE Sensex scaling to its all-time intra-day high of 31074. Nifty was able to sustain the crucial level of 9500, while Sensex crossed the 31000-mark in intra-day trade. 

At the closing bell, Nifty ended at 9595 with a gain of 85 points and BSE Sensex closed at 31028, higher by 278 points. On the NSE, 1152 scrips closed in the green, 346 scrips ended the day in red, whereas 42 scrips remained unchanged.

All indices closed in the green, except BSE Healthcare which lost 104 points. BSE Metal increased 375 points, BSE Auto rose 313 points. BSE Oil & Gas went up by 288 points. Mid-cap index was up by 292 points and Small-cap also gained 237 points.