NEW DELHI:
Equity benchmark indices
Sensex and
Nifty
edged higher to close at fresh
record highs
on Thursday, after hitting record highs at the opening trade.
BSE Sensex
rose 33.4 points, or 0.05%, to 74,119.39, while the Nifty index climbed 25.35 points, or 0.11%, to 22,499.4.
Top gainers Tata chemicals, Tata Power, Tata Steel, HDFC, JSW steel were among the top gainers while the top losers were Mahindra & Mahindra, BPCL, Reliance Industries and ICICI.
However, the markets later turned volatile, with both indices were fluctuating between highs and lows.
In the afternoon trade, the Sensex and Nifty were up 0.1 percent at 74,126 and 22,498.
In the broader market, the BSE smallcap gauge climbed 0.70 per cent and midcap index spurted by 0.39 per cent.
Both the indices, Sensex and Nifty hit new record highs in early trade on Thursday, Sensex rose by 159.18 points to reach an all-time peak of 74,245.17, while the Nifty increased by 49.6 points to 22,523.65, following a positive trend in the US markets and foreign fund inflows.
(With inputs from agencies)