Indian equity benchmarks extended record breaking run for a sixth day in a row on Monday, 30 July, led by ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries after they reported June quarter earnings after market hours on Friday, 27 July.
The S&P BSE Sensex rose as much as 0.43 percent or 160 points to 37,496.80 and the NSE Nifty 50 index climbed as much as 0.27 percent or 31 points to 11,309.35.
Twelve out of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE were trading higher led by the S&P BSE Energy index's 1.2 percent gain. On the other hand, the S&P BSE Telecom index was top loser, down 0.4 percent.
The broader markets were mixed as the S&P BSE MidCap index was little changed while the S&P BSE SmallCap index advanced 0.3 percent.
(First published on BloombergQuint.)
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