Sensex historic high at 65,479.05 pts

Mumbai: Maintaining a winning streak for the fifth straight session on Tuesday, the BSE Sensex ended record high at 65,479.05, up 274 pts on the strength of IT, Consumer Durable and Technology stocks.

The Nifty too gained 66.45 pts at 19,389 pts.

The Sensex rallied 298 pts to open at 65,503 pts. During the day it spurted 467 pts at 65,672, days high, before closing at 65,479.05, posting gains of 274 pts from its previous close.

Today, the stocks include IT, Financial services, Consumer and and Technology stocks lifted the market.

IT went up by 0.84 pc followed by Financial services by 0.73 pc, Technology by 0.54 pc and Consumer Durable by 0.37 pc.

The Mid cap fell by 0.22 pc while Small cap rose by 0.05 pc.

In scrips, Bajaj finance was a star gainer up by 7.22 pc to Rs 7865, Bajaj. Finserv by 5.63 pc to

Rs 1627.35, Tech Mahindra by 2.50 pc to Rs 1149.35, Sun Pharma by 2.02 pc to Rs 1053 and

NTPC by 1.41 pc to Rs 193.85.

The losers were Bharti Airtel by 1.37 pc to Rs 867, Axis Bank by 1.06 pc to Rs 97.65, Reliance Industries by 1.04 pc to Rs 2588 and IndusInd Bank by 0.81 pc to Rs 1368.50.

In 30 scrips, 19 advanced while 11 declined.

In Asian Market, Hang Seng and SET Composite was up by 0.56 per cent each.

Taiwan weighted too gained 0.33 pc. (UNI)