In the early trade today; Sensex breached the 32,000 mark for the first time and the NSE Nifty hit a new peak of 9,879.
The 30-share barometer increased 215.60 pts, or 0.67%. The stock of the largest IT exporter TCS was trading 0.65 per cent higher ahead of its earnings today.
Prominent gainers in the Sensex kitty were ICICI Bank, ITC Ltd, L&T and Sun Pharma, gaining by up to 1.69 per cent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.15 per cent while Japan's Nikkei was up 0.15 per cent in early session. Shanghai Composite was up 0.33 per cent. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 0.57 per cent to close at a record yesterday.
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