The benchmark BSE Sensex climbed to a new record high of 23,332.90 in opening trade on Monday as fund investors indulged in creating positions ahead of the exit poll results amid a firming trend in the Asian markets.
The 30-share index, which had posted biggest single-day gain of 650.19 points on Friday since September 2013, rallied by another 338.67 points, or 1.47 per cent, to trade at fresh record high of 23,332.90 points.
All sectoral indices were trading in the positive territory with gains of up to 2.70 per cent. The wide-based Nifty of the National Stock Exchange breached the psychological 6,900 mark for the first time to scale a new peak of 6,952.40 by gaining 93.60 points, or 1.36 per cent. Later in the day, Nifty breached 7,000 level for the first time ever.
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