Indian equity benchmarks hit fresh record highs on Thursday’s trade, driven by lower-than-expected US inflation rate and as June quarter earnings started coming.
The BSE Sensex surpassed the 66,000 mark for the first time as it gained more than 600 points on gains in State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and IT majors. The NSE Nifty 50 gained over 160 points to zoom past the 19,550 mark.