Mumbai: Stock markets remained on a record-smashing course for the fifth straight day on Thursday, with Sensex and Nifty settled at record-high levels after buying in index heavyweights HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 126.21 points or 0.15 per cent to settle at a new lifetime high of 81,867.55. In the intra-day session, it soared 388.15 points, or 0.47 per cent, to hit an all-time intra-day high of 82,129.49.
The NSE Nifty rose 59.75 points or 0.24 per cent to settle at an all-time closing high of 25,010.90. Intraday, it scaled the record 25,000 level for the first time, rising 127.15 points, or 0.50 per cent, to 25,078.30.
From the Sensex stocks, Power Grid, NTPC, HDFC Bank, Nestle India, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Maruti Suzuki India and Reliance Industries were the major gainers. In contrast, Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, State Bank of India, Larsen & Toubro and Tata Motors were the laggards.
Brent crude -- the global oil benchmark -- rose 0.98 per cent to USD 81.63 per barrel in futures trade. In Asian markets, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong closed in the negative territory, while Seoul ended in the green.
The European markets were quoting lower in the mid-session deals on Thursday. The US stocks settled in the green territory in overnight trade on Wednesday. Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the capital markets on Wednesday and offloaded shares worth Rs 3,462.36 crore, according to exchange data.
On Wednesday, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled higher by 285.94 points or 0.35 per cent at 81,741.34 -- its all-time closing high -- while NSE Nifty rose 93.85 points or 0.38 per cent to close at an all-time high of 24,951.15.
| Date | Milestone Figures Touched | Trading Sessions |
| 09th Mar 1992 | 1000 | 333 |
| 09th Jan 2004 | 2000 | 2836 |
| 30th Jan 2006 | 3000 | 517 |
| 01st Dec 2006 | 4000 | 212 |
| 27th sep 2007 | 5000 | 204 |
| 01st Nov 2007 | 6000 | 24 |
| 12th May 2014 | 7000 | 1617 |
| 01st Sep 2014 | 8000 | 77 |
| 03rd Mar 2015 | 9000 | 122 |
| 25th July 2017 | 10000 | 592 |
| 23rd Jan 2018 | 11000 | 125 |
| 23rd May 2019 | 12000 | 326 |
| 24th Nov 2020 | 13000 | 375 |
| 31st Dec 2020 | 14000 | 24 |
| 05th Feb 2021 | 15000 | 24 |
| 03rd Aug 2021 | 16000 | 120 |
| 31st Aug 2021 | 17000 | 19 |
| 11th Oct, 2021 | 18000 | 28 |
| 28th Jun, 2023 | 19000 | 424 |
| 11th Sep, 2023 | 20000 | 51 |
| 08th Dec, 2023 | 21000 | 60 |
| 15th Jan, 2024 | 22000 | 25 |
| 24th May, 2024 | 23000 | 88 |
| 27th June, 2024 | 24000 | 23 |
| 01st Aug, 2024 | 25000 | 24 |
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