Sensex Surges To Record High

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty on Wednesday, after consolidation, surged to record high on the back of board based buying interest. The bluechip shares of Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever and HDFC were some of the performing companies that led to the record high gains.

The FMCG, capital goods, oil and gas, consumer durables, auto and power indices were up from 0.6 to 1 percent each on the sectoral front.

The shares of the mid-cap and small-caps showed good trade as indices of both were up, approximately to a percent each.