Stocks rose to fresh life-time closing high levels, riding on optimism over earnings, growth and upcoming Budget, with the benchmark BSE Sensex jumping 199 points to end at record 34,352.79 and the Nifty scaling the 10,600-mark for the first time.

Gains in key IT, capital goods, healthcare and metal stocks after consistent buying by domestic and foreign investors helped both the key indices scale new peaks.

Key indices on Monday touched lifetime high in opening trade on huge profits in IT and banking shares. The gains come ahead of the optimistic wave over quarterly earnings by profits.

The 30-share Sensex soared by 178 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 34,331.85 points, breaching its previous record high (intra-day) of 34,188.85 hit on January 5.

Spurred by investor interest, 132 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) raised a record Rs 17.32 billion through IPOs in 2017, which was more than three times the funds raised in the preceding year.

Funds raised were used for business expansion plans, working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes.

Mumbai, Dec 30 () Stocks: Market rose for the fourth successive week, as the benchmark Sensex scaled new milestone of 34K to register new closing highs 34,056.70 and gaining 116.53 points, while the broader Nifty ended at 10,530.70.

The truncated, last trading week of the calender year started positive and ended in a cheerful note, though the market did face sluggish momentum due to year-end holiday- mood and F&O derivative expiry day, still witnessing all time record highs on intra-day basis during the week.

NEW DELHI: The equity markets followed suit with the last two days of trading, as both Sensex and Nifty opened firmly in the green.

30-share BSE Sensex jumped 41.36 points to open on 33,889.39 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty started trading on 10,492.35, up by 14.45 points. Sensex extended gains in the first 30 minutes of trading with the index surging by more than 100 points. Nifty too saw an uptick as the broader index was up by more than 0.30 per cent at 9.50 am.

NEW DELHI: For the second day in row, the equity markets witnessed profit booking towards the fag end of the trading session as the benchmark indices could not hold on to the gains made through the day.

30-share BSE Sensex lost 63.78 points to close on 33,848.03 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty finished on 10,477.90, losing 12.85 points.

MUMBAI: A late surge in the last half an hour of Tuesday's session took the sensex to a record closing high — above the 34,000 mark, helped by a sudden spurt in Reliance and Bharti Airtel stocks.

After opening at 34,005, the sensex mostly remained in a narrow zone before racing past the psychologically important mark to close 70 points higher at 34,011.

Sensex crossed 34,000-level in the opening session on Tuesday after a three day Christmas weekend. Indian stock markets started on a higher note with the key equity indices Sensex and Nifty surpassing their previous records. S&P BSE Sensex jumped 65.07 points to hit a lifetime high of 34,005.37 whereas NSE Nifty too edged up, rising by 22.1 points to mark another all-time high of 10,515.1. Shares of heavyweight companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC, ITC, ONGC, Asian Paints and Reliance Industries contributed to the upsurge of Sensex.

The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) hosted many of India's initial public offerings (IPO's) in what's been the best-ever year for new listings. Unfortunately for its shareholders, the NSE itself missed out on the party.

The operator of the country's dominant bourse shelved plans to list this year because of an investigation into whether the exchange gave high-frequency traders unfair access to its systems.

S&P BSE Sensex was away 46 points from hitting 34,000 while NSE Nifty was just short off 8 points from kissing 10,500 level for the first time ever on Friday. India’s stock markets edged up higher in the mid-morning trade after opening almost flat in the early session today. Blue-chip shares of Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Wipro, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries inched up and were among the top gainers of Sensex.

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