Benchmark equity indices rebounded in early trade on Thursday, with the Sensex and Nifty scaling their all-time high levels following a rally in global markets amid moderating US CPI inflation data.
Buying in market heavyweight Tata Consultancy Services also helped markets to trade in the positive territory. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 391.48 points to 65,785.38 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went up by 111.3 points to 19,495.60. Later, both the benchmark indices hit their respective all-time high levels.
The Sensex hit its lifetime high of 65,943.57 and the Nifty reached all-time peak of 19,540.25. From the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Mahindra & Mahindra, Infosys, JSW Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, State Bank of India and HDFC Bank were among the major gainers.