Mumbai, Aug 26: Driven by a rally in US and fresh foreign portfolio investments, Indian stock market indices Sensex and Nifty were seen marching towards their fresh lifetime highs on the first trading day of the week.
On Monday, Nifty 50 of National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 187.45 points, closing at 25,010.60, while the BSE Sensex increased by 611.90 points to reach 81,698.11.
The BSE-listed companies added a market capitalisation of more than Rs 2 lakh crore on Monday. The market cap of BSE-listed companies was recorded at a record high of Rs 462.40 lakh crore (USD 5.51 trillion).
The stocks of Hindalco Industries, NTPC, HCL Tech, Bajaj Finserv, and ONGC were the top gainers at NSE. On the other hand, Apollo Hospitals, Hero MotoCorp, Adani Ports and SEZ, Maruti Suzuki India, and Grasim were losers.
