Sensex Zooms 500 Points To Hit A Record High Of 52,000 Mark

<p>Mumbai: The BSE Sensex on Monday breached the 52,000 mark as it was trading up 500 points on the back of firm global cues.<br /><br />The broader Nifty50 index was testing 15,300, pushing the Indian markets to a fresh lifetime high.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1361164036608462857[/tw]<br /><br />Asian shares advanced to record highs on Monday and oil rose to a more than one year peak after successful COVID-19 vaccine rollouts globally, raising hopes of a rapid economic recovery amid new fiscal aid from US government.<br /><br />IndusInd Bank was the top&nbsp;Sensex&nbsp;gainer, up 2% followed by Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and Bharti&nbsp;Airtel.</p> <p>In today&rsquo;s upbeat trade, ICICI Bank, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), IRFC stocks touched new 52-week highs.</p> <p>The Nifty sectoral indices were all in green, led by the Nifty Private Bank index, up 1.7%<br /><br />In the broader markets, the S&amp;P&nbsp;BSE&nbsp;MidCap and SmallCap indices were also up.<br /><br />Japan's Nikkei climbed 1.3%, while Australia's benchmark index was up 1%.</p> <p>On Friday, the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq set record closing highs.</p>

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