Sensex touches record high of 39,000 points, Nifty crosses 1,700 mark on day 1 of financial year - Hindustan Times
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Sensex touches record high of 39,000 points, Nifty crosses 1,700 mark on day 1 of financial year

Mumbai | By
Apr 01, 2019 11:09 AM IST

The 30-share Sensex opened on a positive note at 38,858.88 and rose to a high of 38,960.28 in early deals. The gauge, however, pared some gains and was trading at 38,938.45, higher by 265.54 points.

The BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 300 points to a fresh record high of over 39,000 points on day one of the new financial year in early trade on Monday, driven by sustained buying mainly in metal, auto and financial stocks amid positive global cues. Earlier the all-time high of 38, 989 was in August last year.

The BSE benchmark Sensex rallied over 265.54 points to 38,938.45 in early trade on Monday, driven by sustained buying mainly in metal, auto and financial stocks amid positive global cues.(Reuters File Photo)
The BSE benchmark Sensex rallied over 265.54 points to 38,938.45 in early trade on Monday, driven by sustained buying mainly in metal, auto and financial stocks amid positive global cues.(Reuters File Photo)

On the Sensex chart, Vedanta, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra and ICICI Bank led the rally.

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The Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange also crossed the 11,700 mark for the first time since September 3, 2018.

Asian markets were trading positively amid optimism over China-US trade talks and expansion in manufacturing activity in China in March.

The 30-share Sensex opened on a positive note at 38,858.88 and rose to a high of 38,960.28 in early deals. The gauge, however, pared some gains and was trading at 38,938.45, higher by 265.54 points.

Similarly, the NSE Nifty started off on a high note at 11,665.20 and hit a high of 11,699.70 in opening deals.

In Asia, South Korea’s KOSPI rose 1 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei gained more than 2 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index climbed 1.62 per cent.

China and the US gave signs of some progress in their last week’s discussions on the trade tariff tussle, with another round of talks scheduled to be held this week in Washington.

The BSE Sensex had risen over 127 points to close at 38,672.91 on Friday -- the last trading day of fiscal 2018-19 during which the benchmark posted a rise of 17.30 per cent.

The broader NSE Nifty closed at 11,623.90, capping off the financial year with a gain of 14.93 per cent.

Investors’ wealth zoomed Rs 8.83 lakh crore during 2018-19, with the market capitalisation (m-cap) of BSE-listed companies reaching Rs 1,51,08,711.01 crore.

(With PTI inputs)

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