The S&P BSE Sensex breached the remarkable 76,000-mark for the first time, hitting 76,010, while the NSE Nifty50 scaled a new summit at 23,111 before retracting into negative territory.
The Indian benchmark indices are expected to witness a gradual upward movement in the coming week after the strong performance last week, which closed on a flyer, say market analysts.
However, in the past few sessions, they seemed to have slowed down on selling, expecting a strong performance in the indices. Both Nifty and Sensex also touched all-time highs this week, accumulating huge sums of money for investors.
The consistent bull run in Indian stock indices - Sensex and Nifty -- continued through Thursday, and touched fresh highs yet again, reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that BJP-led alliance is on track to form the government for a record third term.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi predicted a historic win for the BJP in the upcoming election and forecasted record highs for the stock markets on June 4, the benchmark Nifty index crossed the 22,800 mark for the first time during Thursday's session.
On Wednesday, Nifty 50 index gained 20 points to 22,549.70 from the previous close of 22,529.05, while the Sensex also took a small lead of 91 points to 74,044.53 after closing at 73,953.31 on Tuesday.
The session, split into two parts, will involve an intra-day switch from the primary site to the disaster recovery site for both equity and equity derivative segments.
After a volatile start to the session, Indian stock indices signed off this week's trade on a positive note, supported by strong support from a majority of sectoral indices. With the fourth phase of elections now behind us, it is widely expected by investors, that the Narendra Modi-led gover
Analysts asserted that a strong US dollar, uncertainty in Lok Sabha elections outcome after a decreasing voter turnout trend seen so far in the three phases that went to vote, and a profit booking after the recent rally hurt the markets.