BSE 30-share Sensex went up 345 points and settled higher at 62,846 while NSE Nifty surged 99 points and ended at 18,599. Nifty had an intra-day high of 18,641. The Bank Nifty hit a fresh all-time high at 44,483. BSE banking index eventually ended 0.7 per cent higher at 44,312.
BSE 30-share Sensex went down 51 points to 61,722.74 and NSE Nifty 50 lost 2 points to 18,284.20 in the morning trade on Thursday. In sectoral indices, energy, IT and financial services were trading in the negative territory on Thursday morning.
Indian stock indices started the fresh week on a firm note with support lent from a range of fundamentals such as continued inflow of foreign funds, easing in inflation (both retail and wholesale), and global cues.