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Dalal Street celebrates Christmas: Sensex crosses 34,000 for first time ever, Nifty hits fresh all-time high

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.

Best year for IPOs, NSE can't go public

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.

Sensex tops 33,954, Nifty just 8 points away from 10,500; Infosys shares hit 52-week high

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.

Sensex falls 59 points to 33,777.38, Airtel loses, RCom surges 34%

Key indices on Wednesday closed lower shutting down their record highs as investors and traders booked profit cashing in on the market rally.

The Sensex hit a fresh all-time high of 33,956 intra day in early trade breaching the earlier record level of 33,465. While Sensex fell 59 points to 33,777, Nifty was down 19 points to 10,444. Market breadth is positive with 1,587 stocks closing higher against 1,120 ending lower on BSE.

Nifty ends below 10,450 after hitting record high, snaps four-day rally

The benchmark indices ended lower after hitting fresh highs at open on Wednesday as Asian shares fell taking their cues from Wall Street with investor enthusiasm toward US tax changes ebbing as the long-awaited reform bill wound its way through Congress, while higher US Treasury yields underpinned the dollar.