Sensex Hits Seventy Six Thousand Mark For First Time, Nifty Also Scales Fresh Peak

The BSE benchmark Sensex hit the historic 76,000 mark for the first time in today’s afternoon session and the NSE Nifty also scaled an all-time peak in tandem with a rally in global markets.

The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 599 points to an all-time peak of 76009.68 in afternoon trade. The NSE Nifty went up by 154 points to hit a new lifetime high of 23,111.

In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the positive territory.