Mumbai, Aug 1 (UNI) India’s benchmark indices continued their positive run for the fifth consecutive day with both NSE Nifty hitting the 25,000 mark and BSE Sensex crossing 82,000 mark to touch record high on firm global cues and strong buying in utility, power and oil and gas sectors.
The BSE Sensex registered a gain of 126.21 points to close at a new high of 81,867.55 while touching a record high of 82,129.49 during the intra-day. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty rose 59.75 points to close at 25,010.90 and touched a record high of 25,078 which is also 52-week high.
Sectors which witnessed buying included Utilities up by 2.04 per cent, Power up 0.86 per cent, Energy up 0.80 per cent, and Oil and Gas up by 0.59 per cent.
The Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) had sold equities worth Rs 3,462 crore while the Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought to the tune of Rs 3,366 crore in the last trading session, according to data available.
The Mid Cap and Small Cap today fell by 0.80 per cent and 0.70 per cent respectively.
Today major gainers were Powergrid by 3.84 per cent to Rs 362, HDFC Bank by 1.85 per cent to Rs 1647, NTPC by 1.79 per cent to Rs 423.50, Nestle India Ltd by 1.38 per cent to Rs 2490 and Adani Ports by 1.07 per cent to Rs 1586.45.
The losers were M& M by 2.76 per cent to Rs 2827, Tata Steel by 1.36 per cent to Rs 163.10, Bajaj Finserv by 1.20 per cent to Rs 1633.40 and SBI by 1.20 per cent to Rs 862.30.
