03-03-2005, 06:32 PM
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PTI/ Mumbai
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rewrote history, with both key indices scaling their life-time highs after heavy institutional buying pushed up the broad-based market.
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The market shrugged off the high international crude oil prices which ruled above the $53 a barrel. The market opened on a firm note and steadily marched ahead during the session with automobile, banking and oil & gas sector stocks taking the lead.
The 30 -stock sensex which opened 14 points higher at 6,700.79 and briefly slipped to a low of 6,691.18 points, later spurted up by 103 points to a new life-time high of 6,794.22 points in afternoon, surpassing its previous record of 6,725.92 touched on Tuesday morning.
Sensex ended at a historic closing high of 6,784.72 points, gaining a whopping 97.83 points or 1.46 per cent from Wednesday's close of 6,686.89
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PTI/ Mumbai
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rewrote history, with both key indices scaling their life-time highs after heavy institutional buying pushed up the broad-based market.
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The market shrugged off the high international crude oil prices which ruled above the $53 a barrel. The market opened on a firm note and steadily marched ahead during the session with automobile, banking and oil & gas sector stocks taking the lead.
The 30 -stock sensex which opened 14 points higher at 6,700.79 and briefly slipped to a low of 6,691.18 points, later spurted up by 103 points to a new life-time high of 6,794.22 points in afternoon, surpassing its previous record of 6,725.92 touched on Tuesday morning.
Sensex ended at a historic closing high of 6,784.72 points, gaining a whopping 97.83 points or 1.46 per cent from Wednesday's close of 6,686.89
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