The benchmark BSE Sensex rose by about 131 points in early trade today, extending gains for the third session on continued foreign fund inflows amid encouraging quarterly results.
Besides, a firm trend at other Asian bourses influenced the sentiments here.
The 30-share index rose 130.58 points, or 0.37 %, to 35,390.87. Sectoral indices led by infrastructure, FMCG, healthcare, realty and banking were trading higher by up to 0.65 %.
The gauge had gained 489.24 points in the previous two sessions and yesterday closed at new peak of 35,260.29 after scaling an intra-day all-time high of 35,507.36.
The NSE Nifty too edged higher by 25.25 points, or 0.23 %, to 10,842.25. Yesterday, it had closed at record high of 10,817 and touched an intra-day high of 10,887.50.
Private sector lender Yes Bank emerged as top gainer in the Sensex kitty by rising 2.85 % after it reported 22 % rise in net profit at Rs 1,076.87 crore during the third quarter ended December 2017.
Reliance Industries was trading higher by 1.15 % ahead of earnings to be announced later in the day.
FIIs bought shares a worth ₹ 1,894.99 crore, while domstic institutional investors sold equities to the tune of ₹ 657.46 crore yesterday, according to provisional data.
Among other Asian markets, Japan’s Nikkei was trading higher by 0.31 %, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.07 % in their early deals. The Shanghai Composite index was up by 0.35 %.
The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.37 % lower in Thursday’s trade.
