Sensex, Nifty Climb New Highs; Banking, IT Stocks Rise

The top gainers on the Sensex were Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra and Kotak Mahindra Bank.

A man looks at a screen across a road displaying the Sensex on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai

The Indian stock market touched new all-time high on Tuesday with healthy buying in banking, IT and telecom stocks.

The BSE Sensex has touched its record intra-day high of 54,772.07 points, while the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange has hit its all-time high of 16,359.25 points.