LIVE market updates: The benchmark indices, which rose half a percent, hovered around their all-time highs in midday trading Monday.
The S&P BSE Sensex was trading 210 points, or 0.5 percent higher at 45,290 levels. The index reached an intraday high of 45.349, also its all-time high. The Nifty50 index passed the 13,300 mark. ONGC (up 3%) was the top winner for Sensex, followed by Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Bharti Airtel each up 1%.
The IRCTC, meanwhile, rose as much as 7 percent, while Adani Ports hit a new all-time high.
Nifty’s sector indices were trading primarily in green, led by the Nifty PSU Bank index, up 0.8 percent.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were trading 0.8% and 1.3% higher, respectively.
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