Mumbai: Stock market today: Indian stock market benchmarks—the Sensex and the Nifty 50—jumped over a per cent each to hit fresh record highs in morning trade on Friday, September 20.
The Sensex opened at 83,603.04 against its previous close of 83,184.80 and jumped over a per cent to its fresh all-time high of 84,159.90. The Nifty 50 started the day at 25,525.95 against its previous close of 25,415.80 and scaled its fresh peak of 25,692.70. The gains were broad-based as the BSE Midcap and Smallcap index also rose up to a per cent.
The overall market capitalisation (mcap) of BSE-listed firms rose to nearly ₹469.4 lakh crore from ₹465.7 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors richer by about ₹4 lakh crore in a day.
