MARKET LIVE: Nifty tops 14,000 for the first time, Sensex hits fresh high

Live market updates: The Indian markets on Thursday logged fresh record high, with the Nifty scaling Mount 14,000 for the first time ever, in the final trading session of the year 2020 ahead of the expiry of December series derivative contracts later in the day.

Among headline indices, the S&P BSE Sensex gained 110 points at 47,860 levels and the Nifty50 index was holding on to the 14,000-mark. HDFC, ICICI Bank, and Dr Reddy's (all up 1%) were the top Sensex gainers.

The Nifty sectoral indices were mixed, with Nifty Realty index, up 1 per cent, leading the list of gainers. Anarock yesterday said that housing sales in the October-December rose to 50,900 units across seven big cities from 29,520 units in the previous quarter.

In the broader markets, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were up 0.4 per cent each, outperforming their headline peers