D-Street At Record High! Sensex Nears 80,000, Nifty Above 24,200 For The First Time

Indian benchmark indices opened with record highs on Tuesday morning, with the Nifty50 index surging 95 points at 24,236, while the BSE Sensex rose 364 points higher to 79,840 levels.

On the Sensex, HCL Tech, Bharti Airtel, TCS, L&T, Infosys, HDFC Bank, SBI and Tech Mahindra saw gains, while Titan, JSW Steel, Sun Pharma and Ultratech Cement led the losses.

Global Cues

Across Asian markets, Japan’s Nikkei 225 traded flat, edging up by 0.03 per cent, while the broad-based Topix rose 0.55 per cent. In contrast, South Korea’s Kospi declined by 0.7 per cent. Additionally, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped marginally by 0.11 per cent, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were down by 0.28 per cent.

In the US overnight, the tech-focused Nasdaq surged 0.83 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.13 per cent, while the broader S&P 500 experienced a slight uptick of 0.27 per cent.