Mumbai: Benchmark indices ended at fresh lifetime highs on Monday amid foreign fund inflows, a decline in crude oil prices and buying in index major Reliance Industries. Rallying for the fifth day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed by 211.16 points or 0.34 percent to settle at 62,504.80 which is its fresh record of closing high. During the day, it jumped by 407.76 points or 0.65 percent to its lifetime intra-day peak of 62,701.40. The broader NSE Nifty gained 50 points or 0.27 percent to end at 18,562.75, its record closing high. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought shares worth Rs 369.08 crore on November 25, as per exchange data.
Among the Sensex pack, Reliance Industries jumped the most by 3.48 percent, followed by Nestle, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finserv, Wipro, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank.
Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, HDFC and Mahindra & Mahindra were among the laggards.
Asian markets in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended lower.
Equity exchanges in Europe were trading in the negative territory in the afternoon trade. Wall Street had ended mostly lower on November 25.
International oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 3.11 percent lower at USD 81.03 per barrel.
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